The Art We Make

Didn't think it'd go this fast
Goodbye to this house we thought would always last
And this is where Dad's garden grows
Summer haze, my reading place
And late night tiptoes

And I know the memories are with me
Even when you move to a town that is new
Guess I tend to hold on too strong
But you're always home
You're always home to me

Up those gray-stained wooden stairs
Me and Jess would play pretend time-traveling
Company around the table
The seat by the window
Is where I learned piano

And I'm scared that things change too quickly
Bedtime tales from Mom sing loud in my heart
And I know I'm not alone
You're always home
You're always home to me

So we'll make room for something new
Though I'm not little anymore
I'll always need you

And I know the memories are with me
Even when I've grown into a place of my own
Please remember I'll love you forever
You're always home
You're always home to me

I’m a dog walker in New York City
I take ‘em on a stroll along the only green I see
We sleep at the movies and we get a bite to eat
We roll ‘round the subway to the street

I’m a dog walker in LA, baby
We climb up to the Hollywood sign, and we cry out to the sea
We send out letters to our friends atop the trees
Their quiet has us writing another tune

Don’t know where we’re going
But we’ll keep singing till we do
Build far from here
Till we make it back to you

I’m a dog walker in Nashville, TN
We pour these words across the page, I think they’re pretty neat
To play ‘em for the panelists
And a screen that counts for me
Defining what it means to succeed

Don’t know where we’re going
But we’ll keep singing till we do
Build far from here
Till we make it back to you

I’m a dog walker in my own little street
I lug my piano, and my sweet Sunny
And though we have so far to go, so many dreams to meet
I’ll sing these songs for you and for me

Oh, it's different now than I remember
From all the colors of September
We'd fall into that same honest day

Lately, I bite more than I can swallow
And I've sealed these senses in a bottle
Then I wish we could go back that way

Hang on, darling
These memories like mending a broken room
In our hands but still out of touch
Think I've forgotten how to dream without you a part of me
My sweet Constantine

It ain't a secret anymore
Since you walked through those doors
You know I struggle with being myself

Maybe this is all that matters
All the spots and slips and splatters
From you to me to somebody else

Hang on, darling
These memories like painting an empty room
In our hands but still out of touch
Thought I'd forgotten how to dream without you a part of me
My sweet Constantine

And I wonder now instead
How you live inside my head
Once a figure, now a shadow on the bed

Hang on, darling
These memories, oh they fill up an empty room
In our hands but still out of touch
I haven't forgotten how to dream without you a part of me
My sweet Constantine

I know who you can love
With my calculations
Your true love awaits in
All you are and what you do

I know you're yearning for adventure
Oh your destination is for my creation
I'll know your favorite places to go
I'll memorize the moments that matter most

Oh this world was built for you and me
What an algorithmic match we could be
I'll show you a side of your dreams
It's so real
You know you're lovin' livin' life in the screen

I know just who you are
Oh don't you be somber, it takes two to wander
Lonely will never find its way to you
My hand in yours, all your desires will all come true
All your desires will all come true

Oh this world was built for you and me
What an algorithmic match we could be
I'll show you a side of your dreams
It's so real
You know you're lovin' livin' life in the screen

Time passes easier with me
All you've loved and lost within a light-up of a screen
This world somehow can't take it
They don't understand
It's as real, real, real
It's as real as can be

We took the road, down past the ocean
Worried for winter above

My lips brushed your smile, our feet dance ahead
For strawberry mountain in the sky

Oh, forgive me if I get too tired
Thank you for making it all worth our while
For strawberry mountain, we're coming for you

We're making good time, we built all our tools
We sleep in the art that we make

The sound of your voice is pulling me through
It shifts all the shadows away

Oh, I'll forgive you if you get too tired
I'm here, just hold my hand tight as we run
For strawberry mountain, we're coming for you

You know it's something real when you can't stay away
The trees will fall but I swear, I do
It's magic I'm doing this with you

Oh, forgive us if we're getting tired
Thank you for making it all worth our while
For strawberry mountain, for strawberry mountain, for strawberry mountain
We're coming for you