Between Waking and You

[Verse 1] You’re at the foot of my bed again Not quite here Not quite gone Dawn’s gray You’re clear as a photograph Then the frame shakes Your name sticks On the back of my tongue [Pre-Chorus] I see every version of us The ones that made it The ones that burned You touch my shoulder in the dark And every lifetime turns [Chorus] Between waking and sleep We find it Then lose it Over and over like it’s new We’re kissing through years Through anger and tears Love found Love lost I still fall back into Between waking and you [Verse 2] The wolf comes at twilight As the starling calls its name A whisper in the dark driving my heart insane. The night skies darken The wolf runs away The starling takes wing until only we two remain [Pre-Chorus] I see every word we regret Floating above us Written in smoke You touch my wrist in the dark And something finally breaks [Chorus] [Bridge] You say “I never stopped choosing you” I say it back But softer We stand in the doorway Half in the night Half in the day we slaughtered [low vocal register] If I forgive you Do I lose The version of me That learned to hate? [building] Or do we carry all our ghosts And let them stand Inside the gate? [Chorus]