Andrew Gordon

Lyrics

PICTURE FRAME

On the wall in our front entrance is a picture
We’re the couple in the frame we want everyone to know
We look happy and it's hard to see the ache of getting older
And there’s bars around this life that can’t be seen

A wedding band isn’t s’posed to be a sentence
When we stood up at the altar that’s not what we intended
But it seems the ring gets tighter after doing what’s expected
We’ve lost touch with who we used to be

So we remember one good moment
And we cover up the bad
The struggles and the secrets
We never thought we’d have
And we surrender to the silence
Hoping neither of us tell
This picture frame looks like a prison cell
This picture frame looks like a prison cell

On a table in the hallway lies a letter
And an eerie quiet settles as I close the door behind me
Like a convict just released, she’s tasting newfound freedom
She wrote, “Thanks for all that you have done for me”

I know her closet will be empty when I get there
But something else is missing that’s a little unexpected
The photograph is gone, I guess she took the memory with it
And I realize we’re both finally free

So we remember one good moment
And we cover up the bad
The struggles and the secrets
We never thought we’d have
And we surrender to the silence
Hoping neither of us tell
This picture frame looks like a prison cell
This picture frame looks like a prison cell