Pencil Lead and Dust

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust on the chair
Climbing the stair
Box of old gear
Found it right here
Yellow paper thin
Where we begin
Cursive was a sin
Keeping us in
[Pre-Chorus]
The pencil lead is grey
Like the sky today
I am trying to stay
While you drift away
[Chorus]
Strawberry jam on the list
All the things that we missed
The ink is still blue
But I am losing you
One word at a time
A slow, quiet climb
A broken-down rhyme
[Post-Chorus]
Out of your mind
What can I find?
Left all behind
The ties that bind
[Break]
[Verse]
Bike chain fix
Flour mix
Summer heat
Blistered feet
Written all down
King of town
Hidden frown
Hospital gown
[Pre-Chorus]
The shadows are long
Where do we belong?
The rhythm is wrong
In this hollow song
[Chorus]
Strawberry jam on the list
All the things that we missed
The ink is still blue
But I am losing you
One word at a time
A slow, quiet climb
A broken-down rhyme
[Bridge]
The attic is cold
Stories untold
You are losing your hold
Growing so old
You are here but you are gone
The light is barely on
Waiting for the dawn
To carry you on
[Verse]
I put the list back
In the corner crack
Next to the old shoes
And the Sunday news
I will buy the jam today
In a quiet way
Hoping you will say
"Please just stay"
[Chorus]
Strawberry jam on the list
All the things that we missed
The ink is still blue
But I am losing you
One word at a time
A slow, quiet climb
A broken-down rhyme
[Post-Chorus]
Out of your mind
What can I find?
Left all behind
The ties that bind
[Outro]