Copper-Coated Lullaby

[Verse 1] Coffee’s gone cold on the counter He stares at the stain in the cup Same four walls Same tired calendar Every page says “you’re used up” He laughs once It dies in the hallway Dust dancing slow in the sun Smiles feel like loose change in pockets Gone before the day’s begun [Chorus] Sing me a copper-coated lullaby Make it the last song I ever get to try I’m so tired of hello When it all ends in goodbye So tuck me in deep where the hurting can’t reply With a copper-coated lullaby [Verse 2] Good days feel cheap and borrowed Like a jacket that don’t quite fit One warm hour Then comes tomorrow And the seams start to split He’s counting the could-have-beens softly Every “what if” stuck in his throat Heart full of noise Hands heavy and empty Hope’s just a word that he wrote [Chorus] Sing me a copper-coated lullaby Make it the last song I ever get to try I’m so tired of hello When it all ends in goodbye So tuck me in deep where the hurting can’t reply If anybody’s listening Say something back Tell me there’s more than this endless lack ‘Cause I’ve been screaming silent into the dark Looking for a crack A spark A mark If somebody’s missing me Reach for my hand [Verse 3] He ran out of time, ran out of dreams, Sang himself a copper-coated lullaby, With shattered visions and silent screams, Found quiet beneath the endless sky. [Chorus] Now he rests beneath a gentle sway, The lullaby he sought, a final play, His heart in peace, dreams fade away, In the silence, he found his way.