Track 10 of the album Forged in Rust · 2009
Porch Light Left On
by Iron Marrow
“Ten years on the road in a rusted van and a light left on at home. We closed the record with it because it felt like an ending we could be proud of.”
metal · power ballad · heartland metal · 5:44
Lyrics
Ten years on the road with a rusted van Slept in parking lots and on strangers' floors Every town was a blur of neon and rain But I kept one picture by the door A little house at the end of the street A kitchen window yellow in the dark Somebody still knows the sound of my feet And somebody never turned off the spark Miles stretch long, but I hold the line I can see it burning, I can see it shine Porch light left on, porch light left on However far I wander, you kept the dawn Through the thunder and the broken years Porch light left on, I'm coming home Through the fire and the fear Porch light left on, I'm here Steel on my shoulders, scars on my hands Songs in my throat that I never could sing You never asked me to be anything more Than a man who'd come back in the spring The dog's grown old and the paint's gone grey But the doorbell sounds just the same You didn't count the years that I was away You only ever called my name Miles stretch long, but I hold the line I can see it burning, I can see it shine Porch light left on, porch light left on However far I wander, you kept the dawn Through the thunder and the broken years Porch light left on, I'm coming home Through the fire and the fear Porch light left on, I'm here So raise your lighters, raise your hands For everyone who's waiting on a stair For everyone who's driving through the night Somebody's keeping a candle there Porch light left on, porch light left on However far I wander, you kept the dawn Through the thunder and the broken years Porch light left on, I'm coming home Through the fire and the fear Porch light left on, I'm here