Lyric

When dusk pours gold on the alley line

I stitch my nerves to a softer time

Your smile lands like rain on dry ground

And my hard-edged thoughts start turning around

I learned the road can bruise your name

One small spark can still cool the flame

So I keep a light in the ribs of my chest

For the days that test, for the days that rest

If the sky gets heavy, I lean your way

If the hours get crooked, I find my say

We don’t need perfect, we don’t need pride

Just a hand on the rail and a spark inside

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

We rise, we mend, we move

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

Love makes the hard roads smooth

(Keep me in the gold line)

Noon brings the ledger, sharp and loud

Faces in a blur, shoulders in the crowd

I trade my fear for a patient grin

Let the small clean truth come settling in

When the room feels cold with a thousand eyes

I wear my calm like a suit of skies

And if the pressure leans on my name

I answer slow, let it lose its frame

If the street gets hungry, I stay kind

If the mind gets tangled, I unclench time

We’re not made of thunder, we’re made of thread

Pulling the blue back through the red

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

We rise, we mend, we move

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

Love makes the hard roads smooth

(Keep me in the gold line)

Holiday faces, ember-bright

Tables of laughter under evening light

Some have lost, some have just begun

But the same old pulse runs under everyone

Young hands, old scars, same salt tide

Same need to be seen, same need to confide

So I pass my warmth like a lantern flame

Not to own the dark, just to soften its name

If the years come calling with a loaded tone

We can answer together, not one by one

From the first gray dawn to the last deep sigh

We keep that promise alive

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

We rise, we mend, we move

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

Love makes the hard roads smooth

(Keep me in the gold line)

And if I fall to a quieter shore

If my hands can’t carry what they did before

Let your voice be the rope in the rain

Let your name turn the ache into something plain

I’ve seen the years wear faces thin

Still a warm breath finds the iron in

So from midnight’s blue to the day’s first bend

We begin again, and again, and again

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

We rise, we mend, we move

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

Love makes the hard roads smooth

(Keep me in the gold line)

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

For every heart we prove

Keep me in the gold line

Keep me in the gold line

We were made to pull through

(Keep me in the gold line)