Still Runs the Gold

Verse

Attic light through amber glass

Falls in stripes across the floor

Boxes taped from one more move

Still I keep this, nothing more

A ticket stub, a faded map

The porch swing creaking out of time

I press my palm against the dust

And find you living in the grain

Pre-Chorus

So how do I let the summer go

When it's stitched beneath my skin

Tell me how a person learns

To lose and still stay whole again

Chorus

Even when the fields turn gray

Even when the frost moves in

Still runs the gold, still runs the gold

Underneath my hands, underneath my hands

Even if the whole world fades

I'll keep this one thing till the end

Still runs the gold, still runs the gold

Deep as bone, deep as bone

Verse

The kitchen radio still hums

That crackled song from '89

Your coffee ring on my old desk

A little moon I won't erase

I drove past our street yesterday

The house is different, painted blue

But something underneath the paint

Still holds the shape of me and you

Pre-Chorus

So how do I let the summer go

When it's stitched beneath my skin

Tell me how a person learns

To lose and still stay whole again

Chorus

Even when the fields turn gray

Even when the frost moves in

Still runs the gold, still runs the gold

Underneath my hands, underneath my hands

Even if the whole world fades

I'll keep this one thing till the end

Still runs the gold, still runs the gold

Deep as bone, deep as bone

Bridge

Maybe holding on's not standing still

Maybe it's carrying the light uphill

Every year it changes shape

But never leaves, never leaves, never leaves

Chorus

Even when the fields turn gray

Even when the frost moves in

Still runs the gold, still runs the gold

Underneath my hands, underneath my hands

Even if the whole world fades

I'll keep this one thing till the end

Still runs the gold, still runs the gold

Deep as bone, deep as bone

Still runs the gold