An Aboveground Poem Video (MV)

I'd like to write you a letter
About how I'm unashamed
How I'm not writing along with the weather
How my chin's not on my windowsill
Cause if not now, when?
I'm through with pretending
All the characters I've played
There's no roundabout cause I'm coming
I'm through with songs that make no sound

So I'm writing you a letter
About how you cheered me on
How you made me feel ten times better
How you made me feel strangely alive
And how I took off my shoes
And how I stood on up
Your hands were pushing on my back
And how I took off my shoes
And how I stood on up
How you were right behind me

So I'm writing you a letter
With hands I could not comprehend
With fingers that gave no answers
But now I'm counting up to ten
So I'll recite my poems
And I'll never go home
I'm flagging all my emotions down
And they'll pick me up
Said, kid, get in the truck
No more poems that live underground

So I mailed you the letter
And I swear I saw your arms outstretched
Pulling me by my birthday sweater
Through all the wars I've not won yet
But I took off my boots
And I took off my armor
All the camouflage I've worn
And I took off my boots
And I took off my armor
All the ammo across my chest