Linger Tomorrow

Content Warning: near-car accident imagery in Verse 3

Verse 1
It's a scarlet evening
They walk but they're not seeing
Anything but the ghosts beneath their feet

Same old same tomorrow
Wander through school and walk home
The rock in their heel inches further in

Chorus
'Cause you know and I know and damn near the world knows
That dusty footprints harden into stone
Tear up every footpath, cement alley and hatchback 
And every throught you've thought there
Will still linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da)

Verse 2
It's a silver morning
Dawn's fingers nearly closing
On rumpled bedsheets freshly pushed aside

They're standing in the doorway
Watching their sister breathing
It's really such a stupid time to cry

Chorus
'Cause she knows and they know and hell, even the door knows
That dusty footprints harden into stone
Tear up every bed frame, tiled floor, and driveway 
And every throught you've thought there
Will still linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da)

Bridge
This town is made of paper and they're tearing up the map
Filled their pickup with their stuff, they're never coming back
'Cause footprints turn in circles every single place they go
They gotta get away this time
Gotta buy themself some time

Verse 3
Then, on that inky highway
Tearing through every stoplight
Laughing harder than they've laughed in years

A shadow in the rearview
Some animal, some ghost who
In half a second sends them spinning out

Somehow they steer 'er steady
Pull off the road to dry heave
And actually consider calling home

But three taps on their side door
And they're saved by some stranger
"Hey—you need a ride to the ER?"

Chorus
'Cause you know and I know and damn near the world knows
That dusty footprints harden into stone
Tear up every footpath, cement alley and hatchback 
And every throught you've thought there
Will still linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Linger tomorrow
(da da da da da da) Will still linger tomorrow

_{Linger Tomorrow (2021) by Yuki Heather Morgan is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0}