[Verse 1]
I left my boots by the door
Left the rain on the boards
Mama's chair still leans that way
Like she's gone for a chore
The screen door moans to the yard
Where the kudzu runs wild
I been talking to the floorboards
Like they raised me a child
[Pre-Chorus]
And I hear that old fan turn
In the heat of the hall
I hear my own name drag slow
Down the plaster wall
[Chorus]
Porchlight ashes
Burning low
Porchlight ashes
Where'd you go
(Where'd you go)
Porchlight ashes
In my hand
I can feel you
Still on this land
[Verse 2]
There's a jar full of buttons
And a nick in the sill
A bent spoon in the sink
That remembers me still
I seen a fox in the briars
And I watched it stand still
Like it knew all the leaving
Wouldn't ever quite fill
[Pre-Chorus]
And the sky peeled open
Like a prayer left out
I stood there listening
To the shape of doubt
[Chorus]
Porchlight ashes
Burning low
Porchlight ashes
Where'd you go
(Where'd you go)
Porchlight ashes
In my hand
I can feel you
Still on this land
[Bridge]
I ain't afraid of the dark
Just the rooms gone cold
Just the names that slip clean
From a mouth grown old
(From a mouth grown old)
[Chorus]
Porchlight ashes
Burning low
Porchlight ashes
Where'd you go
(Where'd you go)
Porchlight ashes
In my hand
I can feel you
Still on this land