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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Milk Carton Kids
The Milk Carton Kids
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sarah Jarosz
Sarah Jarosz
Songwriter
Joey Ryan
Joey Ryan
Songwriter
Kenneth Pattengale
Kenneth Pattengale
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The only time I ever heard
The voice of God
Was in the silence of the night
In the arms of the one I love
[Verse 2]
Staring at the ceiling
Up above
Like it contained
The secrets of the stars
[Verse 3]
Anytime I ever woke up
In a dream
I saw my shadow there
Staring back at me
[Verse 4]
Moving through the walls
And wondering
As all the world
Rose up inside of me
[Verse 5]
And I long
To hear the melody
That one time
Played inside my mind
[Verse 6]
And to love
Another helplessly
So breathing feels like
Putting out a fire
[Verse 7]
Anytime my life
Flashes in front of me
I see a child there
As if on a screen
[Verse 8]
Standing in the shadows
Flickering
For a moment
I know what it means
[Verse 9]
All this time
I lived inside a memory
Daylight creeping in
Through a crack in the weathered seam
[Verse 10]
Severing the ties
And trembling
Losing all the voices
In the wind
[Verse 11]
And I long
To hear the melody
That one time
Played inside my mind
[Verse 12]
And to love
Another helplessly
So breathing feels like
Putting out a fire
Written by: Joey Ryan, Kenneth Pattengale, Sarah Jarosz

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