Matthew

lyrics by: Beth Binkley
Written on Jul 23, 2018 

How can I put this feeling into words?
I am not the person I deserve
I can’t even afford the things I earn
But maybe someday I will act my worth

You grew up in the blink of too-old eyes
You slept under monochrome cold war skies
Adjusting for the ones you loved the most
Out of the wrong things, you tried to make homes

Matthew
I see you
hidden in between the cracks
of your childhood runes

I’ll hug you twenty hundred times over 
I’ll show you friends that you’ll make when you’re older
I’ll do any goddamn thing that I can do
To teach you joy, even for now, Matthew

Matthew, oh God Matthew
Make some room
It’s coming soon,
oh it’s coming soon,
it’s coming soon,
it’s coming soon,
it’s coming soon

Love’s coming soon,
laugh in your room,
about the joy
that’s coming soon

 

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