[Verse 1] Found your note in a Bible Folded small in the seam Ink ran thin as a creek bed Still it knew what you mean Blue stamp, bent corner Dust on that old reply I held it like a hot coal And it made my chest cry [Pre-Chorus] Every word got a scar on it Every line pulled me back Same old train in the distance Same old ache in my lap [Chorus] Old messages, old messages (come back, come back) Old messages, old messages (still cut like that) Your name in my hand Like a match in the rain Old messages, old messages They don’t die, they just stay [Verse 2] There was a time we were easy Laughing through the screen door Now the porch swing is empty And I can’t ask for more Read that one from September Read it till the words wore thin You said “I’ll be right here” But you never came in [Pre-Chorus] Every dot of your spelling Feels like gravel and gold I can hear your last season In the paper you hold [Chorus] Old messages, old messages (come back, come back) Old messages, old messages (still cut like that) Your name in my hand Like a match in the rain Old messages, old messages They don’t die, they just stay [Bridge] I tried to burn them up Tried to throw them in the creek But the water kept your voice And it came back to me So I sing to the torn ones To the faded and the torn If love leaves a paper trail Then a heart gets born [Final Chorus] Old messages, old messages (come back, come back) Old messages, old messages (still cut like that) Your name in my hand Like a match in the rain Old messages, old messages They don’t die, they just stay Old messages, old messages (come back, come back) Old messages, old messages They don’t die, they just stay
