On your porch

I can't believe it's been nearly 6 years since I was first introduced to The Format. The song "On your Porch" brings back so many memories filled with excitement, new chapters, young love, heartbreak, and now the memory of happiness in a small town with some of the best friends I could have ever asked for. When I first heard the song, I immediately liked it because of the acoustic sound and I also had just started dating John at the time so some of the lyrics like "I turn to you and I let you know that I love you" reminds me of when I was away at school and John told me he loved me. :)
John and Brad would play this song on the guitar in their living room in Carbondale while I soaked up every single guitar strum. At the time, I liked to call it my own "private concerts." I honestly can't help but smile inside when I think of all of the memories I have associated with this song.

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On Your Porch- The Format

I was on your porch, the smoke sank into my skin.
So I came inside to be with you.
And we talked all night,
about everything we could imagine.

'Cause come the morning I'll be gone
and as our eyes start to close
I turn to you and I let you know that I love you

Well, my dad was sick,
and my mom, she cared for him.
Her love, it nursed him back to life.
And me, I ran. I couldn't even look at him
for fear I'd have to say goodbye.

And as I start to leave
he grabs me by the shoulder and he tells me:
"What's left to lose? You've done enough.
And if you fail, well then you fail but not to us.
'Cause these last three years, I know they've been hard.
But now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun;
even if it's alone."

So now here I sit, in a hotel off of Sunset;
my thoughts bounce off of Sam's guitar.
And that's the way it's been,
ever since we were kids but now,
now we've got something to prove.
And I, I can see their eyes,
but tell me something, can they see mine?

'Cause what's left to lose?
I've done enough.
And if I fail, well then I fail, but I gave it a shot.
And these last three years, I know they've been hard.
But now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun;
even if it's alone.

Even if it's alone
Even if it's alone
Even if it's alone

I was on your porch last night, the smoke, it sank into my skin.