Burning Up The Midnight lyrics

We found three old lanterns In your grandma's leaning shed One still smelled like summer One was full of spider webs You said Pick your favorite Like we were choosing lives I grabbed the rusted silver You took the one that still shined Leftover lanterns Hanging from your porch string Lighting up the splinters Where we carved our small dreams We were leftover lanterns Flickering for free Burning up the midnight Till the morning took the wick from you and me We painted the glass blue Just to fake a different sky Watched the moths go crazy For a glow that couldn't last the night You talked about leaving Like you'd talk about the rain Always sort of coming Never saying when Leftover lanterns Hanging from your porch string Lighting up the splinters Where we carved our small dreams We were leftover lanterns Flickering for free Burning up the midnight Till the morning took the wick from you and me Years pass They passed this house But your dad left one light on Faint stain on the siding Little halos on the lawn (oh) I park there some evenings Just to see what still remains One last stubborn lantern And the shadow of your name Leftover lanterns Hanging from your porch string Lighting up the splinters Where we carved our small dreams We were leftover lanterns Flickering for free Burning up the midnight Till the morning took the wick from you and me