Rust Right Through

There’s an old yellow house sitting on my dash

In a picture I took, sunlight for a flash

The whole family out front

‘Cause that’s what you do

Sitting on concrete steps I grew up climbing

I take ‘em two at a time now

But I still reach for the rail

‘Cause that’s what you do

There’s a comfort in keeping and keeping to a path

Doing what I know and knowing what I have

The safety of a rail gives my hands something to do

But one day this rail is gonna rust right through

One day it’s gonna rust right through

There are places to go and milestones to meet

Each one that I reach says something about me

It’s what they want to hear

‘Cause that’s what I do

I’ve kept my head down, kept my mouth shut

Anything to keep me from screwing up

Holding on to their version of me

‘Cause that’s what I do

There’s a comfort in keeping and keeping to a path

Doing what I know and knowing what I have

The safety of a rail gives my hands something to do

But one day this rail is gonna rust right through

One day it’s gonna rust right through

Middle of this highway, same old drive

In what might be, the middle of my life

I’m where I am supposed to be

That’s what they say

When I doubt that what I have to say could ever count for much

Giving in to what I really need feels like giving up

But I’m done giving up on myself

Holding on to what they say

There’s a comfort in keeping and keeping to a path

Doing what I know and knowing what I have

The safety of a rail gives my hands something to do

But one day this rail is gonna rust right through

One day it’s gonna rust right through