Static and Sharpie

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust on the floorboards
Cardboard and old chords
A shoebox of plastic
Time felt elastic
Found your handwriting
Still a bit exciting
Blue ink on the spine
Nineteen-ninety-nine
[Chorus]
We’re just magnetic tape
No way to escape
The songs that we shared
When we both cared
A piece of my heart
Is still in your part
Of the mix we made
Before we both strayed
[Verse]
Side A is the slow stuff
When life got too rough
You knew every lyric
Pure and atmospheric
I forgot to say sorry
For that long-gone worry
But the guitar still rings
In the quiet of things
[Pre-Chorus]
The harmonium hums
The soft brushed drums
It’s a late-night ghost
The things I miss most
Are the words left unsaid
Inside of my head
[Chorus]
We’re just magnetic tape
No way to escape
The songs that we shared
When we both cared
A piece of my heart
Is still in your part
Of the mix we made
Before we both strayed
[Bridge]
Rewind with a pencil
A memory stencil
It’s a little bit frayed
By the games that we played
But the static is warm
Like a lull in the storm
I’m carrying you
In all that I do
[Verse]
The kitchen light flickers
The clock slowly tickers
I’m talking to shadows
In the hallway echoes
You’re living your life
Through joy and through strife
But you’re here in this room
In the midnight bloom
[Chorus]
We’re just magnetic tape
No way to escape
The songs that we shared
When we both cared
A piece of my heart
Is still in your part
Of the mix we made
Before we both strayed
[Post-Chorus]
Blue ink on the spine
Nineteen-ninety-nine
Yeah, you’re still mine
In a different line
[Outro]