We Run on Sunlight

Verse

Six a.m. and the kitchen's gold,

Your hand still warm from the cup you hold.

Steam on the window, a fingerprint heart,

We drew it slow so it wouldn't start

to fade before the school bus came,

Before the day could learn our names.

Pre-Chorus

How do we keep this,

fold it, and freeze the frame?

Tell me the light stays

even after it rains.

Chorus

We run on sunlight, just you and me,

Two open windows, one honeybee.

Grab it and hold it, don't let it go,

We run on sunlight, even in snow.

Verse

Autumn came fast, the porch swing creaks,

Your coat's too thin for these colder weeks.

But you laugh anyway, cheeks kissed red,

Steal my scarf, kiss the top of my head.

The days get short, the shadows grow long,

Still we hum our same summer song.

Pre-Chorus

How do we keep this,

fold it, and freeze the frame?

Tell me the light stays

even after it rains.

Chorus

We run on sunlight, just you and me,

Two open windows, one honeybee.

Grab it and hold it, don't let it go,

We run on sunlight, even in snow.

Bridge

Maybe it isn't the weather at all,

Maybe it's you, catching me when I fall.

Storeroom of moments, we're stacking them high,

Batteries charged by the look in your eye.

So when the clouds come and take back the blue,

I'll be the sunlight, and you'll be it too.

Chorus

We run on sunlight, just you and me,

Two open windows, one honeybee.

Grab it and hold it, don't let it go,

We run on sunlight, even in snow.

Outro

Even in snow, even in snow,

We carry the summer wherever we go.