To Rebuild Everything

The sun is cutting through the broken pine
I count the shadows waiting on the line
You bring the hammer and I hold the steel
We only keep the promises that feel

There is a wooden beam beside the floor
That marks the place where we were tall before
Take out your pocket knife and press it deep
This is the only boundary we keep

Marking notches on a post to rebuild everything
Listening for the rhythm that the morning brings
Line by line we carve it in the grain
Nothing here will ever fall again
Marking notches on a post to rebuild everything

The storm has vanished in the neon sky
We have no reason now to wonder why
You hold my shoulder in the rising heat
Two heartbeats running on an empty street

Marking notches on a post to rebuild everything
Listening for the rhythm that the morning brings
Line by line we carve it in the grain
Nothing here will ever fall again
Marking notches on a post to rebuild everything

Cut by cut we raise the fallen frame
Call the future out by its true name
Every line is standing tall and bright
Every splinter turning into light

Marking notches on a post to rebuild everything
Listening for the rhythm that the morning brings
Line by line we carve it in the grain
Nothing here will ever fall again
Marking notches on a post to rebuild everything

To rebuild everything
Carve it in the grain
To rebuild everything
Nothing falls again