Graves

Faint heart World can wait for the weary hands to learn it's too late But I'm spit and I'm rough dirt What do you want from me? Faint heart Tip of my tongue, a song like youth: wasted on the young And it's over and over What kind of father could I be? Faint heart Rain to the spark, at last my light giving in to dark And the thought of it crumbling to dust No, I was not done Faint heart Beg she won't see the coward, the cur, maybe this is me These hands shaped stone But I'm scared like you wouldn't believe it Faint heart Only a glimpse, I was wrong, take it back, just let this one live Then it hits me like ice to the bone What if I'm just like him? Good god Give me the strength that I need not to be To fight, not to flee, or succumb to the beast underneath What if he's just like me? Naked in the wild All was reconciled When I held my child Naked in the wild All was reconciled When I held my child Quiet mind Peace Quiet mind Reach Quiet mind Be at peace Reach We are the fire that whispers our mother's words Help me, love (help me finish it) We are the soil that joy gave form We are the dream, and these are my father's hands Help me, love (help me finish it) We are the soil that joy gave form Help me finish it Rising waves cry "he'll go first..." (You know that it is all that's left of our dream) Hope sings to the dust of you He was always the better The thief who shapes the images you dreamed for nothing Just take back what's yours, don't keep me waiting He sees me Waves receding The child, healing my hurt, one day at a time I'd feared it Just like me The child, healing my hurt, one day at a time Storm's distant I'm still closer than ever And I'm healing my hurt One day I'll repay this kindness Oh, he sees me whole Her voice is telling me To breathe and let it be, the lion Heed my words The man arise from earth The life the lie is worth, the liar Heed my words You'll go first The wound that would not heal The boy, the broken wheel, the lion Heed my hurt The wind that whips the waves The spit, the second grave, the liar Heed my hurt, you'll go first We are the fire that whispers our mother's words Help me, love (help me finish it) We are the soil that joy gave form We are the dream, and these are my father's hands Help me, love (help me finish it) We are the soil that joy gave form Waves receding, and faith is fading like the sun The work left undone Now that it's been taken from me Tell me it was all for nothing Alright Play the part, the eyes, the witness That I can touch you deep, can you feel this? Alright Breathe and let it be Carving out the world that you stole Bite down on it, dig a new hole O hands I beg you, break the stone beneath me Knowing that she won't forgive me Not this time, not again But she married my anger too And what am I to stay to my son now? My work undone... What am I to stay to my son now? Hands shape stone Hands shape stone Hands shape... Hands shape stone Hands shape stone Hands shape... Hands shape stone Hands shape stone Hands shape...