"Baton" lyrics

I've said, "There's nothing to write"
Which, I regret, is dishonest
I've said, "I'm waiting to live through something meaningful"

While I still can avoid
Exposing what I've experienced
You've always seen the geyser in me as a fountain

When you recall
Things I've forgotten
It can feel strange
Knowing I've been a person
Like you are to me, sister

Times lost in the attic
While you sat at the counter
Times I'd have my head on my window
While you stood outside my door

It's not that it escapes me now, how we'd crawl and we'd laugh on the carpet
It's not that it escapes me now, how we'd bike after school to the water
It's only that it's different now, as our changes occur from a distance
It's only that I'm grateful more now, to say we have shared life the longest

Carnage, miracles, hysterics
You've been the narrator
Triumphs, follies, punchlines
You've been the narrator

When you recall
Things I've forgotten
It can feel strange
Knowing I've been a person
Like you are to me, sister

Like you are to me, sister
Like you are to me, sister
Like you are to me, sister
Like you are to me, sister