Lyrics

Heaven on the Ground

How long have we been living?

I’m burning leaves and smelling snow again.

How long have we been waiting?

You’re hanging in the road. I get it. God.

How long have we been living on, believing in and leaning on? My God.

How long have we been waiting? Bleeding is just breathing in the end.

You were laying down the law, and saying I was slipping -

I was just hoping you’d come down.

And what’s another law? The point of all this living is that we’ve got

Heaven on the ground.

So when are you coming down?

How Long?

How Long?

You’re fighting all alone.

I’d say it wrong, but, it’s time you owe

Telling us to go when we’ve been begging to stay.

It’s time you owe

You buried all the bones.

Just leave it alone?

You pulled me out, you brought me in.

How long?

Revival

You were yelling and screaming,

You were wondering if I’d ever learn;

I was cutting the trees in a pile so they could burn.

There’s a meal in the kitchen,

There’s a bottle of booze in the barn,

And I drink from it slow on the days when life is hard.

Oh but the ghost in the wall -

It’s giving me a revival.

I take it all.

I’m a glowing heater,

Cutting through all the cold.

Not a lie lives inside of the roar of my propane soul.

What did it say on the stone?

Something about silence and rest?

Yeah, a reason to go it the reasoning I like best.

Antonia

You’re already gone,

I was on the way to talk it over;

Every light is on,

A little thing that shows that you were here.

And you were good -

And I’m a lot, I know.

It’s my sin -

I let my feelings show, but,

I let you in a little further than you had ever been before.

Now I’m a ghost in your door.

Don’t leave your light alone,

You’ve got to let it show - or let it go.

I guess we should have known not to light a fire in a dry town,

When the wind is blowing.

Better Love 

I was alone, and I was praying you had grown

I freed a moth that saw a light inside my home. 

Or, inside my soul. 

The wind had blown, and carried salt from off the water. 

Where stones were thrown, and hidden in the undertow. 

Or, inside my soul.

It's like you've gone away. 

Spread a little loam. You toss the seeds and watch them grow.  

There's a better Love reaching out under the soil.

Or, inside my soul. 

It's like you've gone away.

I swear to God and you I'm doing ok. Living the dream is worth the pain. 

There's always angels around me now. 

Time is sweeter each day. 

It's like you've gone away. 

Don’t Come My Way

If you come my way, sailing through the light - 

It's holier than breath to you- 

I'd still be running from your laws,

And you'd be preaching to the lost,

And wondering why I look forsaken.

Don't come my way,

Cause I've been running a long time. 

You'd see this weight of mine is strong. 

But, if you come my way, leave me that light I love. 

It's been calling my name for so long. 

I came your way,

I learned to get around,

But I didn't know where I was going.

I saw the Holy Island glow,

Like heaven seeping, open -

But I could never thrive in colder weather.

Salt

We were the salt and light.

We were a simple crowd all along;

Grinding in the glow. 

But then you saddled the light, 

And when I came along 

From what I saw you were gone. 

You were riding all alone;

Putting miles to bone.

If it's on fire but won't burn,

Can it feel the flame?

Can you stay on fire and go on living? 

Lately I've been thinking,

This salt inside our veins -

Is just a kind of forgiving. 

You gave it all away. 

Ride Again 

I'm gonna leave the motor running,

The air is getting cold.

A hundred miles away from Buffalo.

Skin is cracked, hands are bleeding,

My eyes are hanging low; 

The oil stains were shining on the road. 

It's been a while since they asked me

If I'd ride again? Hell if I know. 

Quit throwing all your questions at me,

I've got to keep my eyes on Buffalo.

Help me out, cause I've been living

With a light inside, you know?

But, these days the flame is burning low.

Just wait it out? Cause baby, I know:

The road is longer when you're driving with a ghost. 

Mile Stretch

Don't you know I live here on my own?

Where time is old and memory cheap - that's what I've been told. 

You've been gone a while and I'm wading through the foam;

And the dogs - they bark at everything, so how am I to know when you're home? 

Well it's been a while and I'm thinking you were right. 

My lies were blonde and stayed a while, but never spent the night. 

So come on back and we'll give it one more try. 

But the dogs they bark at everything, so I may never know if you come by. 

I've been living on my own for a while, 

Out on the edge of town.

Where are all the trees?

I cut them down. 

If you're driving by, come on, come on in.

I'll be sitting with my music on, taking shots of gin. 

There's a fire in my belly and in my soul,

And the dogs they bark at everything, but don't you mind their howl, it's my home.