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"Porch Light" is the second track unveiled from Noah Kahan's fourth album, "The Great Divide". The song was published on the 13th of March, 2026. The singer shared the following in an Instagram story several days prior, "'Porch Light' is the first song that has sort of a sad vibe to it like sad lyrics and references being cold (another first). So, just be prepared for something kind of different." Read More...
Porch Light Lyrics
Mm-mm
I would ask how you've been, it's all over the internet
But, hey, I mean you knew that after all
If you're looking for an autopsy or a half-assed half apology
Then I think you picked the wrong time to make this call
It is not irrelevant that you stopped taking your medicine
But I'm giving you the benefit 'cause it's raining out
I'll tell you how the weather is
And you'll slip into some eloquently ramblin' mixed messaging
I should shut you down
But it's cold, and it's cold, and it's cold, and it's cold, and it's cold
And I don't know, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone
I hope you tell me that you're winding down
That you've lost the taste to face the crowd
That whatever made you famous made you sick
That you can only do what pain allows
It ain't up to you to make it out
And there ain't no shame in callin' this thing quits
But you don't, and you don't, what you don't, and you don't, and you don't
You're a ghost, you're a ghost, you're a ghost, you're a ghost, and you're
Poison spreading to my lungs
I ain't holding breath, ain't holdin' any faith at all
And I'll pray for you, be in pain for you
I'll leave the porch light on
Heartbroken, each morning when it's me that turns it off
So it goes, so it goes, so it goes
You act like we just sit up here and wait for you to reappear
But, baby, there are bills to pay, and your dad's road needs salt
And I try to drown out all the talk, the eyeballs in the parking lot
Tell people it ain't me you want, but I guess you're my fault
You're a ghost, you're a ghost, you're a ghost, you're a ghost, you're a ghost
And I choke, and I choke, and I choke, and I choke on the
Poison spreading to my lungs
I ain't holding breath, ain't holdin' any faith at all
And I'll pray for you, be in pain for you
I'll leave the porch light on
Heartbroken, each morning when it's me that turns it off
So it goes, so it goes, so it goes
Poison spreading to my lungs
I ain't holding breath, ain't holdin' any faith at all
And I'll pray for you, be in pain for you
I'll leave the porch light on
Heartbroken, each morning when it's me that turns it off
So it goes, so it goes, so it goes
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Songs Credits
| Title: | Porch Light |
| Singers: | Noah Kahan |
| Lyrics: | Noah Kahan, Aaron Dessner |
| Music: | Noah Kahan, Aaron Dessner |
| Year: | 2026 |
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About This Song
Released on March 13, 2026, “Porch Light” serves as the second pre-release single from Noah Kahan’s upcoming album, The Great Divide. Written by Kahan with producer Aaron Dessner during their first writing session together, “Porch Light” was produced by Kahan, Dessner, and Gabe Simon, and recorded between Long Pond Studio and Gold Pacific Studios.
According to its official press release “Porch Light” was written from his mother, Lauri BerkenKamp’s perspective, giving voice to the quiet worries a parent might carry while watching their child be pulled into fame. Inspired by the emotional weight Kahan believed he placed on his family by opening up their lives throughout his creative narrative and lyrical storytelling on Stick Season. The shift is an act of empathy, and it underscores how Kahan’s songwriting often reaches beyond his own experience to inhabit the lives of others.
