Distance

TURN TO WOOD

There in a town made of paper and rubber stone
Smiles mask confusion and angst that seethes below
Men they watch airplanes from buildings that don’t feel like home
And time it has frozen a warmth of a life now gone

Saying ‘if we could, then I wish we would
Bring back the glow to this hardening heart before it turns to wood’

Some call it luck but then some men they call it fate
She blames the rain on a love she just could not save
For months she took ill as heart slowly withered away
Right before it was gone she found hope in one last place

Praying ‘If you could, then I wish you would
Bring back the glow to this hardening heart before it turns to wood’
‘Yeah if we could, then I think we should
Bring back the glow to this hardening heart before it turns to wood’

And all our dreams yea they will crash into the ground
And even the loudest scream won’t seem to make a sound
Perhaps a light it has always been there all along
It’s hidden in the cracks of a wood in a dark that goes on and on

I don’t know why the clock ticks so much faster as the days they go
Or why we put poison on things we wish would grow
But when the hurts at its meanest and ghosts gather all around
There’s a flame that we just might can save if we don’t give out

And if we could, then I wish we would
Bring back the glow to this hardening heart before it turns to wood
Saying if we could, then I think we should
Bring back the glow to this hardening heart before it turns to wood (x2)

KEROSENE

There’s a warm weighted lead in our blood
And it just lingers, it just lingers
And a crime to be owned by noone
Pointed fingers, pointed fingers

At the time I couldn’t see I was alive by just a string
But there’s more to see beneath the kerosene

No room for our eyes, only ghosts
And smoke and mirrors, smoke and mirrors
If we were told we still wouldn’t know
Would it be clearer? Would it be clearer?

I was alive they erased me
Yea it all turned to dust you see
We have our lives by just a string
But there’s more beneath the kerosene

There’s a crime to be owned by noone
So it just lingers, it just lingers like kerosene

TAKING TIME

I’m glad you took your time
I’m glad you walked out of line
And smelled the roses like you do
Cuz I might have been to late for you

I’m glad I took my time
I’m glad I walked out of line
And ran in circles cuz you see
You might have been to late for me

It really turns me when I think
That you might have possibly never met me
And every wrong door that I chose
And every life and all the fires that I have walked through
Led me to you

I’m glad we took our time
Just like the stars when they aligned
I’m glad that we combined
And that you were not to late for me

It really calms me when I think
That you might have possibly never met me
And every wrong turn that I’ve made
And every fire I though that I would never escape
But once I got through, I found you

I’m glad we take our time
I’m glad that we combined
It really turns my mind
That you were not too late for me
And I was not too late for you
That every fire we make it through
Brings me closer to you
Now I won’t spin away from you
Taking time

THE RIVER SONG

Come on down to the river with me
You can take your fears, lay them at your feet
I was given eyes to see and all my heartaches
And my troubles were exchanged for peace (2)

We’ve all got some things that keep us from thinking we’re enough
We’re broken and bruised and shattered, all covered in rust
But there’s a river so clean, could turn your rust into gold indeed
It has the prettiest water that I’ve ever seen
So come on down to the river with me

Come on down to the river with me
Tell a story to your brothers that will set you free
No matter how far down you think you’ve gone
There’s a road that promises to lead you home
There ain’t no worry can’t be released
So come on down to the river with me

Come on down to the river with me
I wanna show you all the things I’ve seen
It don’t matter should you come undone
Cuz we come together as we bleed as one (x2)

Sometimes at night I hear those old worries I would fight
But I’ve learned to kindly shut the door
Now I can set aside most thoughts that would eat my heart alive
But there’s still one thing I can’t ignore

I know you never meant to do me wrong, never meant to do me wrong, never do me wrong
But there’s so much distance when I want you near
We just go moving right along, acting like there’s nothing wrong, yeah we just carry on
Let’s don’t keep it secret, what are we here?

I’ve heard we could be strong with only love, yeah we could disarm
So I threw down my knives onto the floor
You said that space would vanish the walls that separate
But I don’t even know you anymore

You know I never meant to do you wrong, never meant to do you wrong, never do you wrong
But there’s so much distance when I want you near
I know it may hurt to move along, but we could put in a song, and we would carry on
Let’s don’t keep it secret, what are we here?
When there’s so much distance, what are we here?
I won’t keep it secret, I want you near
But when there’s so much distance, what are we here?