It's easier to hold when I'm alone
I pack my bones and sing them home
I can hear the rattles, the whispers, and the moans
Of that new road I might have to go
Then I see you and I turn back into an animal
I'd do anything to stay, I would fight, and scratch, and claw
You can't come with me, and you don't know what to say
Oh, I promise I won't haunt you, especially if I stay
The trees say when I fall, I won't go to waste
I can lay right there, I will have a place
And the kids are alright, but don't make them live my life
There are better ways, let them pick their lives and names
Then I see you and I turn back into an animal
I'd do anything to stay, I would fight, and scratch, and claw
You can't come with me, and you don't know what to say
Oh, I promise I won't haunt you, especially if I stay
Then I see you and I turn back into an animal, oh
I'd do anything to stay, I would fight, and scratch, and claw
You can't come with me, and you don't know what to say
Oh, I promise I won't haunt you, especially if I stay
