Engine Running Outside Your

[Verse 1] I found the address in a box marked tax Beneath a rusted hinge and a photograph The number's faded, but the road is clear I've been circling this block for half an hour here [Pre-Chorus] Your porch has one loose board by the step A blue chair folded where the weeds have crept I can see a lamp through the curtain seam Like somebody's awake inside the life I missed [Chorus] Engine running outside your house Hands on the wheel, but I can't get out I came for a name, I came for the truth Now the dark glass is looking back at you One knock could open twenty-two years One turn of the key could leave me here Engine running outside your house I don't know which door I'm afraid of now [Verse 2] There's a brown dog sleeping by the mailbox post Same kind of mutt you drew in the letters I lost I practiced saying, Dad, on the county line It sounded borrowed every single time [Pre-Chorus] The gravel settles under my tire A porch light flickers, then climbs a little higher I put my hand where the horn would be And let it fall like it never belonged to me [Chorus] Engine running outside your house Hands on the wheel, but I can't get out I came for a name, I came for the truth Now the dark glass is looking back at you One knock could open twenty-two years One turn of the key could leave me here Engine running outside your house I don't know which door I'm afraid of now [Bridge] Maybe you kept my picture in a drawer Maybe you don't remember what it's for Maybe the man behind that door is gone Maybe I've been waiting on a ghost all along [Final Chorus] Engine running outside your house Cold air coming through the window now I turn the key, but I don't drive away The porch light holds me in its pale white frame If you hear this motor, if you see these lights I'm still deciding on the other side Engine running outside your house And the night won't tell me what to do [Outro] I leave the address folded on the seat Your name facing up where I can see Engine running outside your house Still no knock, still no sound