[Intro] (16 bars — two guitars, clean, shimmering, relaxed strum fill into Verse) [Verse 1] Licked the stamp Tongue tasted like cheap wine You write me your heart I read between every line We’ve traded our days Written words and crooked photos Your sky is full of sun Mine's just grey between these breaks [Chorus] Pen pal loves hard When we’re cities apart I’m chasing echoes through time Every word a paper ghost While the one I'm looking for Could be standing at my door [Verse 2] You miss the train I long for us to be together We say "someday" like it's sacred But it keeps skipping every week Your name now burns Broken plans cover the bedroom floor I’m unpinning dreams I can't afford It’s hard when my heart still yearns [Chorus lead in] I long for us to be together My heart still yearns [Chorus] Pen pal loves hard When we’re cities apart I’m chasing echoes through time Every word a paper ghost While the one I'm looking for Could be standing at my door [Bridge] There’s a laugh in the hallway Sounds a little like your voice But you don’t knock at my door Now I’ve got to make a choice Maybe love’s not in the distance Maybe it’s in the coffee shop smile In the knock that I’ve ignored Maybe love just needs a chance [Chorus] Pen pal loves hard When we’re cities apart I’m chasing echoes through time Every word a paper ghost While the one I'm looking for Could be standing at my door [Outro] Love could be standing at my door Could be standing at my door My door (fade)
