Safe Trip Home (Expanded Edition) lyrics

If I had the chance for just one day with you
One day release from here and all that you go through
Well I'd get you dressed and I'd get you out
And I know you'd be fine as soon as we broke out

So please
Just for one day I wouldn't talk for you
You'd tell me what to say
You'd show me what to do

And please
Just for one day I'd see you walk again
And we'd go hand in hand

I have returned to the northern skies
Where the summer hasn't touched the clouds that pass above
I have returned to the somber grace
Of days too early to come and too early to stay

And I have left a million stars
And an ocean light and clearly blue
And I have left the warmth of the sun
And a million adventures not yet begun

For once there was beauty here for me under the white northern skies

We can make it rain again
I'd feel like I belong
Let's make it cold again
I'm not ready and it's wrong

We can put the outdoor chairs back in and lock the door
Go back to walking
All heads down and put our coats back on
The summer's come too soon and I'm still missing you

We can stay at home and draw the blinds
And light a fire
Pull the covers high and go to sleep early for hours

Speeches won't be made today
Clocks will carry on
Flowers won't be left in parks
And work will still be done

And people won't be dressed in black
Babies will be born
No flags will fly
The sun will rise but we will know that you are gone

You who loved to love and believed we can never give enough

It wakes me every single night
Thinking through the day
Did you stop at any time