Lyric

The room is bright, so I look okay

A little heat on a quiet face

I say I’m good when the phone lights up

Then leave the answer in my paper cup

The floor keeps time with a lazy sound

My shadow stays where I put it down

There’s truth outside, but it can wait

The sun comes in and changes its shape

I don’t believe me

But I almost do

When the gold gets heavy

And the air turns blue

The afternoon lets me lie

Like I’m fine, like I’m fine

With the light across my eyes

I can almost mean it

The afternoon lets me lie

For a while, for a while

If I smile at the sky

I can almost feel it

I’m alright, alright, alright

Only while the day is warm

I’m alright, alright, alright

Till the light is gone

I move too slow through the rented heat

A little song underneath my feet

The mirror knows, but it lets me pass

Like every ache has a better mask

I make a joke to an empty chair

Pretend my name is lighter there

Nothing’s healed, but nothing screams

The sun forgives what the night repeats

I don’t believe me

But I almost do

When the gold gets heavy

And the air turns blue

The afternoon lets me lie

Like I’m fine, like I’m fine

With the light across my eyes

I can almost mean it

The afternoon lets me lie

For a while, for a while

If I smile at the sky

I can almost feel it

Maybe I’m only borrowing calm

From a room that will cool when the evening comes

Maybe the truth is waiting outside

But it knocks so softly in this light

So let me stand here, half convinced

With a little rhythm under my ribs

Not saved, not new, not over the pain

Just bright enough to say it again

The afternoon lets me lie

Like I’m fine, like I’m fine

With the light across my eyes

I can almost mean it

The afternoon lets me lie

For a while, for a while

If I smile at the sky

I can almost feel it

I’m alright, alright, alright

Only while the day is warm

I’m alright, alright, alright

Till the light is gone

The afternoon lets me lie