THE QUIET BETWEEN THE STORMS

She came in slow like evening rain Never asked me where I'd been Just laid her silence on the table Like she'd always lived within Copper falling down her shoulders Like October dressed in flame Lord, she never spoke in promises... She just smiled and knew my name Outside the sky kept tearing open Throwing lightning through the pines Inside she poured another bourbon... And somehow... Peace tasted like wine. Chorus She never stole the storm inside me She just taught it how to rest Put her heartbeat next to mine Like two old birds inside one nest She kissed me slow enough to wonder Fast enough to lose my breath Some women teach a man to love... She taught me... How to outrun death. Verse 2 She'd read the lines across my knuckles Like they weren't mistakes at all Said every scar was just another road That somehow led us here to fall The ravens never feared her footsteps Even shadows let her pass Funny how forever sometimes... Fits inside... A whiskey glass. Bridge Maybe Heaven ain't above us Maybe Heaven ain't below Maybe Heaven's just a woman... Who still reaches... When you let go. Final Chorus Now every time the thunder finds me I don't curse the coming rain I hear copper in the candlelight Calling softly through my name If tomorrow steals the forest If the stars all disappear I'll still find my way back home... Because she left... The quiet... Here.