Laughing at the End

If the lights go out
If the sky turns red
Laughing at the end

The news on the screen says the world might break
But you're in the kitchen cutting birthday cake
You stuck one candle in a paper cup
Said, "If the time is short, then let's use it up"
You lit it slow, and you smiled at me
Like the end of the world was a place to be
I laughed so hard that I spilled my tea
And you called that a victory

So let the thunder roll
Let the oceans bend
I only need your shoulder
When the credits start to end

I'll be laughing at the end (at the end)
With your name on my breath
Dance in the falling ashes
Steal one more song from death

Ha-ah, ha-ah
Love won't bow to goodbye
Ha-ah, ha-ah
We're still dancing tonight

I was so afraid of the final line
Of the unfinished dreams and the borrowed time
Then you kissed my fear like a gentle friend
Said love is just how we answer the end
So I dried my eyes on your old flannel sleeve
And I chose to stay, and I chose to believe
We never saw Paris, we never bought the hill
But this rented room is heaven still

I'll be laughing at the end (at the end)
With your name on my breath
Dance in the falling ashes
Steal one more song from death

We slow-danced barefoot on the kitchen tile
And the whole doomed sky held still for a while
If the last train leaves at half past ten
Let's miss it on purpose and laugh again

We'll be laughing at the end (at the end)
With each other's name on our breath
Dance in the falling ashes
Steal one more song from death

If the lights go out
Laughing at the end