Track 2 of the album Soft Launch · 2024
Letter From Far Away, Mailbox Rain
by Veda Monroe
“Rain on the mailbox and a hope I can't believe in yet. The new bass line carries the ache.”
r&b · neo-soul · melancholy soul · 3:30
Lyrics
Rain on the mailbox, rain on my sleeve Opening the flap with a hope I can't believe Envelope soft, your handwriting slants Smells like a city I never got to dance You said the winter there is long and wide That you walk the pier with no one at your side I read it standing in the downpour light Every word a candle in the night Miles can't fold this page Ink outlives the rage Letter from far away Mailbox rain, what you say Letter from far away Keeps me warm until the day Paper wet, heart on fire Stretching every thin wire Letter from far away Mailbox rain, please stay I sit on the steps with the page on my knee Rain turning words into poetry You said you miss the way I hum Off-key songs while the dinner's done I tuck it in my coat, I walk back slow Streetlights melting in the afterglow I'll write you back before the dawn Say I'm still here, I'm still not gone Miles can't fold this page Ink outlives the rage Letter from far away Mailbox rain, what you say Letter from far away Keeps me warm until the day Paper wet, heart on fire Stretching every thin wire Letter from far away Mailbox rain, please stay If a letter can cross the sea Maybe so can you and me Seal it up, send it true I'll be waiting for you Letter from far away Mailbox rain, what you say Letter from far away Keeps me warm until the day Paper wet, heart on fire Stretching every thin wire Letter from far away Mailbox rain, please stay Far away Far away Mailbox rain Please stay