The Porch Light Glow

Family memory

The third single from Egg Rolls & Epiphanies — celebrating friendship, featuring Paul Savage.

Lyrics

Transcribed from the recording — close to the song, but not always word-perfect.

Start it with a sister's word and a porch light glow a Stanford heart in a pace that
the city don't gentle with the insight Never had to shout the lead
You were just open-minded planning every single seed through the late night pixels
and the silicon haze You remained the anchor in the end let's
show a maze Didn't need a map or a predetermined plan
Just a patient presence from a genuinely kind man
I'm the one who's talking, taking up the oxygen space
You're the rare listener with the ground and steady grace
Posing every question that could help the vision grow
More than just a colleague, you're the only one I know
With the gift full-connected breaking through the white noise
Finding all the truth inside the noise of all my choice
Max, my brother, you've been there on the line
You've been there on the line listening close while I'm chasing the signs
No other lights in the valley we rise
Building the future with love on our side
Yeah, we're building the future with love on our side
Watching how the shadows of the old worries pass
Not just staying present, you're the one who makes me pass
Not just staying present, spirit leading the way
We aren't just growing, leading the way
We aren't just growing, we are forming the core
Opening the hinges to a much bigger door
Opening the hinges to a much bigger door
Trust is the currency, the only thing we trade
In the high stakes valley where the legends are made
From the Stanford campus to the global reach
You're the kind of brother that a textbook couldn't teach
Loyalty is more than just a word on the screen
It's the steady quiet power and the spaces in between
Max, my brother, you've been there on the line
You've been there on the line listening close while I'm chasing the signs
Chasing the signs
No other lights in the valley we rise
Building the future with love on our side
Yeah, we're building the future with love on our side
I talk a lot, I know the rhythm of the soul
But you're the one who keeps the narrative whole
You hear the parts that I never even say
You light the spark when the colors fade to gray
It's the silence where the understanding grows
Between the logic that everybody knows
Max, my brother, you've been there on the line
You've been there on the line listening close while I'm chasing the signs
Chasing the signs
No other lights in the valley we rise
In the valley we rise
Building the future with love on our side
Yeah, we're building the future with love on our side
No other lights, yeah, love on our side