album cover
Cardboard Box
album cover
Cardboard Box was released on January 30, 2026 by ALT Music as a part of the album Midnight Toast
January 30, 2026
LabelALT Music
LanguageEnglish
BPM77
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

I'm sitting cross legged on the hardwood floor
The room smells like paper and cigarette rain
There's a box with your name written in sharpie black
Full of maps and ticket stubs from way back
I pull out the lighter the one with the flame so blue
The spark wheel sticks on the third try like it always used to do
It still has your thumbprint on the scratched chrome side
From the night we drove west and let the map slide
Oh this cardboard box is full of yesterdays
Diner receipts and polaroids that fade
I hold your lighter like it's holy in my hand
It's the closest thing to you I understand
You're not gone you're just dust in the light
In every little rusted piece of life
Cardboard box holding on
There's a mixtape with the label peeled away
Songs we sang on highways come what may
I press play in my mind and I hear the static hum
But it's softer now like a distant drum
A receipt from that gas station in tennessee
Where we bought cheap coffee and dreamed of the sea
These artifacts are anchors pulling me through
Reminding me of the laughter reminding me of you
I fold the shirts you left behind
Like I'm packing up a different life
Your smoke is fading out of cotton thread
But it hangs around inside my head
One last look before I close the lid
I whisper thank you for the man you did become
Oh this cardboard box is full of yesterdays
Diner receipts and polaroids that fade
I hold your lighter like it's holy in my hand
It's the closest thing to you I understand
You're not gone you're just dust in the light
In every little rusted piece of life
Let the light in
Cardboard box
Let the light in
Begin again
I watch the flame take up the air
Written by: William David Tyson
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