Don’t Make Me a Postcard

Lyrics: Jaehun Cho Music: Jaehun Cho You left her hands inside her coat Like she lived there all alone The corner store was closing slow The radio kept singing wrong I wrote your name on paper twice Then folded it in midnight blue Like if I kept it in my pocket It might survive the walk to you I know the brave ones talk too soon I know the cowards miss their chance So meet me somewhere in between Half a step and one last glance Don't make me a postcard Don't make me a line I never sent Stay in the streetlight Stay where the shaking in my chest went Don't fade to a story Don't turn to a spring I almost knew Don't make me a postcard I came here tonight to hand you the truth You laughed and brushed your hair behind The way the summer used to do And every traffic light went green Like even the city wanted you I had a hundred polished words They all collapsed beneath your eyes So I just said the small thing Can I walk slow by your side? The night was thin, the air was warm The buses threw their yellow lights And all the things I couldn't say Were leaning forward in the silence Don't make me a postcard Don't make me a line I never sent Stay in the streetlight Stay where the shaking in my chest went Don't fade to a story Don't turn to a spring I almost knew Don't make me a postcard I came here tonight to hand you the truth Maybe one day this will sound Like a song we almost knew But I don't want the pretty ache I want the living you right here Right now, before the night turns blue Don't make me a postcard Don't make a dream with nowhere to land Stay for a minute Stay till the fear lets go of my hand Oh oh oh Don't fade to a story Don't turn into a name that the seasons move through Don't make me a postcard I came here tonight I came here tonight to finally get to you The store went dark, the streets stayed gold You took the paper from my hand And for a moment all my small became enough to stand