Or Else

Why do I sing my song for you when I know if I don't
I'll still leave with you
Looking down at my drink, its residue
Do stains tell the truth?

Where there are shadows, there is light
Well, the heaviness falls like the snow in night
Waking up to the quiet and blinding white
Can't this be enough?

The way you play gets caught in my teeth
As if the six brass strings were feeding me
And the notes that I sing, fruit on a tree
Won't you just pick me?

I get into my car to get out of the house
And the radio's on as I ride it out
Well the dashboard's a gong as thе wheels turn ground
Doesn't that count?

I can be crazy too
Willing disaster to brеakthrough
Tornado's close in the rearview
Not all mirrors tell the truth
Not all mirrors tell the truth

When the double helix gets too tight for you
When you're lost in the syntax, no dawn, no dew
I'm the broken glass in the sole of your shoe
I'm walking me home with you

The sweat drips down there's salt in my mouth
When I jump in the lake, I let it pull me down
Do I have what it takes to spit myself back out?
Please let me be enough

Why do I sing out loud?
As if by reaching you, I could move the clouds
As if by moving clouds, I could reach myself
I guess the truth has to be enough Or Else
I guess the truth has to be enough Or Else