The story behind this song
He wrote it twelve times over, then crossed out everything fancy and just wrote the truth. He practiced in the car and the mirror at his brother's place, and he already knows his voice will shake at the altar anyway. The promises aren't borrowed from anywhere — the last slice, the warmer side of the bed, the truth even when it costs him.
No fine print, no end date. For the groom standing there with a paper that will someday go soft with folds, ready to say it slower in the years to come, but to say it all.
Lyrics
I wrote this twelve times over
Then I just wrote the truth
Then I just wrote the truth
My hands are shaking on this paper
You can hear it in my voice
But every word I crossed out twice
Came back to the same choice
You can hear it in my voice
But every word I crossed out twice
Came back to the same choice
So let me say it once, out loud
With everybody listening now
With everybody listening now
I promise you the ordinary mornings
The last slice and the warmer side of the bed
I promise you the truth when it costs me
And my whole heart, like I said
When the easy years run out, I'll still be standing here —
That's everything I promise you, my dear
The last slice and the warmer side of the bed
I promise you the truth when it costs me
And my whole heart, like I said
When the easy years run out, I'll still be standing here —
That's everything I promise you, my dear
I'll learn the way you take your tea
The names of all your ghosts
I won't pretend I'll never fail you
I'll just come back the most
The names of all your ghosts
I won't pretend I'll never fail you
I'll just come back the most
Rings don't hold a thing together
People do — so here's my hand
People do — so here's my hand
I promise you the ordinary mornings
The last slice and the warmer side of the bed
I promise you the truth when it costs me
And my whole heart, like I said
When the easy years run out, I'll still be standing here —
That's everything I promise you, my dear
The last slice and the warmer side of the bed
I promise you the truth when it costs me
And my whole heart, like I said
When the easy years run out, I'll still be standing here —
That's everything I promise you, my dear
Someday this suit won't fit me
And this paper will be soft with folds
But ask me then — go on and ask me —
I'll say it slower, but I'll say it all
And this paper will be soft with folds
But ask me then — go on and ask me —
I'll say it slower, but I'll say it all
I promise you the ordinary mornings
The last slice and the warmer side of the bed
I promise you the truth when it costs me
And my whole heart, like I said
When the easy years run out, I'll still be standing here —
That's everything I promise you, my dear
The last slice and the warmer side of the bed
I promise you the truth when it costs me
And my whole heart, like I said
When the easy years run out, I'll still be standing here —
That's everything I promise you, my dear
That's everything — no fine print, no end date
Everything I promise you
Everything I promise you
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