Bracing for a Drop

[Verse 1]
Sunday sun on the garden wall
Full tank, good news, plans all made
Your hand finds mine in the grocery aisle
Still my pulse keeps running away
I know the numbers add up right
I know the people I love are near
But some small switch behind my ribs
Keeps turning every yes to fear

[Pre-Chorus]
I can name what’s working
I can count what’s kind
Why does my body sound
The alarm before my mind?

[Chorus]
Everything’s good, I know it is
The bright days land, the bills are paid
Still I’m bracing for a drop
While standing in the life I made
Everything’s good, I say it twice
I mean the words; they don’t get through
I’m not ungrateful, I’m just lost
Inside a heart that won’t believe the view

[Verse 2]
The garden’s loud with August bees
A friend sends news that makes me grin
I catch the laugh and watch it pass
Like joy’s a coat I can’t get in
No tragedy is at the gate
No hidden storm I can explain
Just all this careful, tender luck
And me still flinching at the rain

[Pre-Chorus]
I can name what’s working
I can count what’s kind
Why does my body sound
The alarm before my mind?

[Chorus]
Everything’s good, I know it is
The bright days land, the bills are paid
Still I’m bracing for a drop
While standing in the life I made
Everything’s good, I say it twice
I mean the words; they don’t get through
I’m not ungrateful, I’m just lost
Inside a heart that won’t believe the view

[Bridge]
Maybe I can let it be
A feeling, not a prophecy
No need to solve it by tonight
The sun is here; I’m here, all right

[Final Chorus]
Everything’s good, I know it is
The bright days land, the bills are paid
Still I’m bracing for a drop
While standing in the life I made
Everything’s good, I say it twice
I mean the words; they’re getting through
I’m not ungrateful, I’m still learning
How to live inside the good that’s true