Family Still - Told Slant

I can’t even get lost

When the woods are tall

And the light is low

And I always come back home

Like a hermit crab crawling

Past a shell she’s outgrown

A little less in control

A little duller each day

Like a painting fading on the living room wall

Where the light is low

Where the kids moved away

Where the parents are old

Where the mortgage gets paid

Just in time for the doctors to call

Power isn’t taking

It’s making you give in freely

And I hope you don’t come home

And think it’s enough to be near me

Did you know that most people die

Within a couple of miles

Of the place they spend their whole lives?

What can be said of desire

When every longing instilled in my heart

Was instilled in such a violent world?

My dad listens to you when he’s driving around

He says he likes the guitar sound

You’re my family still

Even though we don’t talk now

And I probably look strong

From the outside in with my curtains drawn

Like I don’t need your love at all!

I put my hand on your chest

I hope it beats when I leave you

Like a watch in the desk drawer

You’re my family still

Even though don’t talk now