[Verse] Look at him, coat caught in the rain, Laughing like he’s never learned pain. Hands in his pockets, storm in his walk, Changing the weather whenever he talks. He came through with a crooked grin, Asked if I’d like to see where time begins. I was a name on a nowhere street, Then the whole sky opened underneath my feet. [Pre-Chorus] And I knew from the start He was trouble with two hearts, But I still climbed in When the doors flew apart. [Chorus] Goodbye to the corner where I used to stay, Goodbye to the life that knew my name. Farewell to the clocks on the kitchen wall, He made them look so small. I only wanted to bring the dawn somehow To these dangerous days we’re living in now. I only wanted to bring the dawn somehow To these dangerous days we’re living in now. [Verse] Look at me, I learned how to run Past dying stars and a borrowed sun. He’d call it brilliant, I’d call it fear, The way he smiled when the end drew near. He’d save the monster, curse the gun, Then drown the flood when the talking was done. Mercy in his mouth, thunder in his hand, A lonely god trying to pass as a man. [Pre-Chorus] And I saw that grin bend When he couldn’t save a friend, But he’d dust off his suit And pretend it was the wind. [Chorus] Goodbye to the corner where I used to stay, Goodbye to the life that knew my name. Farewell to the clocks on the kitchen wall, He made them look so small. I only wanted to bring the dawn somehow To these dangerous days we’re living in now. I only wanted to bring the dawn somehow To these dangerous days we’re living in now. [Bridge] We rode through kingdoms made of rust, Through wedding bells and cosmic dust. He’d wink at death like some old friend, Then shake all night when the journey would end. He said the rules were carved in stone, Then broke one standing there alone. I watched him reach for too much sky, Like time itself had made him cry. [Verse] Every book got closed, every road got bent, Every goodbye stole what the laughter meant. He wore his sorrow like Sunday best, A burning secret beneath his chest. And I loved the madness, I loved the ride, The bigger world on the other side. But some doors open and some doors cost, And some who are found come back half lost. [Chorus] Goodbye to the corner where I used to stay, Goodbye to the life that knew my name. Farewell to the clocks on the kitchen wall, He made them look so small. I only wanted to bring the dawn somehow To these dangerous days we’re living in now. I only wanted to bring the dawn somehow To these dangerous days we’re living in now. [Outro] So here’s to the man with the borrowed face, Running from war through time and space. If he comes for you, don’t ask the cost, Just mind your heart when the blue door shuts.
