Accidental Light From the Ground Up... Snow

Sleeping at Last - December Yearbook EP released today!!! Happiest day of my life! lol. Lyrics :) Snow is my favorite!

Accidental Light
On your mark, get set...
A million miles past the finish line
My heels lift
At this imaginary starting line
The trigger slips
My heart was racing well before it's time
Time's running out, it's always running out on me
As the road up ahead disappears

Though it's all been said
And this empty dictionary's all that's left
I'll try to change the world in a single word
My hands are shaking, ready or not
Invisible ink well it's all I've got
So I'll concentrate and pick from these barren trees

Cause time's running out it's always running out on me
And every road that I discover disappears under my feet
Some call it reckless, some call it breathing

Have I said too much or not enough?
Is it overkill or is it giving up
Just to measure out the distance of an echo's reach

If it's all broken mirrors and a chance roll of the dice
Then I'll risk everything for a glimpse of accidental light


From the Ground Up
One by one the knots we've tied will come undone
Like picking locks, we'll sow our seeds beneath the sun
Our accomplice is the rain
With patience, that of saints

It grows and grows
Our home sweet home

It took me 27 years to wrap my head around this
To brush the ashes off everything I love
Where courage was contatious, confidence was key

Right as rain, soft as snow
It grows and grows and grows
Our home sweet home

We'll try to document this light
With cameras to our eyes
In an effort to remember
What being mended feels like

We're home sweet home


Snow
The branches have traded their leaves for white sleeves
All warm-blooded creatures make ghosts as they breathe
Scarves are wrapped tightly like gifts under trees
Christmas lights tangle in knots annually

Our families huddle closely
Betting warmth against the cold
But our bruises seem to surface
Like mud beneath the snow

So we sing carols softly as sweet as we know
A prayer that our burdens will lift as we go
Like young love still waiting under mistletoe
We'll welcome december with tireless hope

Let our bells keep on ringing
Making angels in the snow
May the melody disarm us
When cracks begin to show

Like the petals in our pockets
May we remember who we are
Unconditionally cared for
By those who share our broken hearts

The table is set and our glasses are full
Though pieces go missing may we still feel whole
We'll build new traditions in place of the old
Cause life without revision will silence our souls

As gentle as feathers, the snow piles high
Our world gets rewritten and retraced every time
Like fresh plates and clean slates, our future is white
New year's resolutions will reset tonight