When to Run

The back porch is softer than my bed

'Cause it hasn't seen the times I've cried

I keep 'em all there filed away in my head

I've said it before and I'll say it again

On bad days it's like a poison, it destroys and

Stains every place I've ever called my home

And I just wanna run away

I wanna run toward something new

I wanna run away

I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run

But how do I know when I'm done?

How do I know, how do I know

How do I know when to run

Wherever I go, I always know

All that will follow, but give me a chance

To simply set today apart from tomorrow

Will I ever stop stopping to wonder

If I savor lightning far too quick,

Burn through what's bright, before I've even heard the thunder

And I just wanna run away

I wanna run toward something new

I wanna run away

I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run

But how do I know when I'm done

How do I know

How do I know, how do I know when to run

I bought a cake, it's no one's birthday

And now my mouth is blue

I feel the sugar coursing through

I didn't know what else to do

But I'll trade coffee for water

It'll last about a week

I'll rinse two new tattoos

For fifteen minutes at the kitchen sink

And I will find a way to make it back to where I've been before

And I will try today ' to open stead of closing every door

And I will find a way ' to tell myself ' that I've been there before

And I will try today ' to open stead of closing every door