La Dispute - Extraordinary Dinner Party lyrics

Morning after snowstorm stand in the silence
Almost feel reborn all alone on the street
It’s a certain sort of stillness
When the quiet surrounds you
The only sound your shovel on concrete

I remember those piles from
The snow plows always
Seemed much bigger back when I was kid
Pushed all of the snow to
The end of the driveway
I was the only person up in the neighborhood
Morning after snowstorm
I turned the ignition and I started my car
Morning after snowstorm
I scraped off my windshield with the
Edge of a credit card

I remember that drive into work
Still can hear the voice
Coming over the radio
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I thought of the day in a tie in the kitchen
I sat and I watched you put make-up on
Thought of the day in the
Basement when I played house
I felt ashamed that I’d stayed in my head
In the same place for so long
Because I was afraid to change
But that’s not an excuse to stay

Morning after snowstorm
I climbed up on the snowbank and
I stared at the neighborhood
Morning after snowstorm
I think I finally understood
What they meant when
They said there’s a calm after the storm

Saw my grandpa at his
Workbench building grandma’s bookshelf
Watched a woman walk her trash
Out to the street

Father alone on the highway
I heard the salt trucks and
Neighbors off to work saw my mother
Saw how history loops around all of these
Moments and then I saw you
In a dress there with your eyes
Open wide to put make-up on
Thought of the day in the
Basement that I played house
And I felt ashamed I’d ignored all the
Hands that extended before and around me
Because I was afraid to change
But that’s not an excuse to stay
It’s not an excuse