silver ring {Verse 1} The winter lights were hanging from the ceiling beams Your friends were laughing loud enough to shake the room You had that look that always came before a dream And I knew what was coming far too soon You pulled me out beneath the porch's amber glow The snow was falling soft against your jacket sleeve You held my shaking hands like they were made of gold But gold was something I could not believe {Chorus} And that silver ring Caught every light in town Everybody thought I'd wear it proudly But I only let you down Now it's sitting in a drawer somewhere Or maybe you've thrown it away But some nights I still see it shining In memories I can't escape {Verse 2} Your mother used to tell us we'd grow old as one Your sister saved a place for me at every meal The future wore your last name like it had already won But I was scared of promises that felt too real And people took your side, I can't say they were wrong You loved me with a heart that never learned restraint I wish that love alone could've carried us along Instead of turning both of us to ghosts and saints {Chorus} And that silver ring Caught every light in town Everybody thought I'd wear it proudly But I only let you down Now it's sitting in a drawer somewhere Or maybe you've thrown it away But some nights I still see it shining In memories I can't escape {Bridge} I heard you're doing better now You smile in all the photographs And I hope somebody holds your hand Without the fear that made me look back You deserved a yes I deserved more time But neither one of us got what we needed That night {Final Chorus} And that silver ring Still circles through my mind Not because I wish I'd kept it But because I left you behind And I hope you've found a brighter light Than the one I couldn't be But some nights that silver ring Still comes back to me
