Mary Jane's Porch Light

Verse 1 Streetlight hums like a lullaby Dragging shadows down the block I been carrying the whole damn day Like a clock wound up too tight Fingers shaking when I reach the door But the porch light's burning gold Mary Jane don't ask me questions She just does what she is told Pre-Chorus I don't need a savior I don't need a throne Just a quiet room Where I can be alone but not alone Chorus Mary Jane leaves the porch light on When the whole damn world feels wrong She don't save me, she lets me breathe Wraps the dark like smoke around me And I come home, I come down From the noise of this haunted town Mary Jane, soft and slow You're the only peace I know Verse 2 Boss man barking like a dog on chain Bills pile up like winter leaves Mama calling but I let it ring 'Cause I ain't got the strength to grieve But out here on this weathered wood With a flame between my lips The whole world slows to just a hum And I loosen at the hips Pre-Chorus She don't preach and she don't lie She don't ask me how or why She just burns and lets the smoke Teach the night how not to cry Chorus Mary Jane leaves the porch light on When the whole damn world feels wrong She don't save me, she lets me breathe Wraps the dark like smoke around me And I come home, I come down From the noise of this haunted town Mary Jane, soft and slow You're the only peace I know Bridge Sometimes I wonder if she feels the weight The way the ashes fall like snow But Mary Jane just flickers on And tells me where to go She says, "Darling, you don't gotta fix a thing Just sit right here and let the stillness sing" Final Chorus - Stripped Back Mary Jane leaves the porch light on When my bones can't carry on She don't save me, she lets me breathe Wraps the dark like smoke around me And I breathe in, I let go Of the ghosts I used to know Mary Jane, soft and slow You're the only peace I know Outro - Whispered Porch light on... Porch light on... I'm coming home...