Letters From the Smoke (Remastered)

[Verse 1] Mud on my boots Ink on my hands Your last photograph Folded where my dog tags hang Smoke in my lungs Names in my head I try to talk about the weather with you Instead [Chorus] These are just letters from the smoke From a face you barely know I left home a lifetime younger Now I’m walking like I’m old Tell the kids I still remember Every backyard, every joke If I fade out in the thunder Read my letters from the smoke [Verse 2] Ma, I miss Sunday Coffee and your eyes Dad in his old chair Snoring through the game on quiet nights I chase those lost pictures Like sparks in the rain They flash for a second Then they’re gone again [Chorus] These are just letters from the smoke From a voice that starts to slow I write “I’m fine, I’m doing better” But the truth bleeds through the notes Tell my brother that I’m with him In the driveway, pitching slow If I vanish in the thunder Keep these letters from the smoke [Bridge] What if I don’t come back the same? (oh) What if I don’t come back at all? Would you hang my jacket by the door Like I just came home Like I just came home? [Chorus] These are just letters from the smoke From a heart that learned to choke On the names stitched to my shoulder On the things I can’t let go If I stumble through that front door Or I never cross that road Love me in the broken silence Through these letters from the smoke