Get Thee Hence
I been away, lord knows
goin’ down slow, we’ll meet at the close
you know your streets are renamed, your people too
they tell me everything’s changed
but nothing’s new
with a peace so deep
feel like I could sing the whole world to sleep
I travel with just my soul to keep
as I head out on my own
when the work is done
I’ll rip the heart from the setting sun
feed it to the moon as it rests on the deep
I’m gonna you how bright you could never be
CHORUS
when the storm begins I’ll get up and take the wind
they say that nothing ever ends
I think that’s fair
will I ever get beyond my own footsteps
or hear a sound that isnt kept in the air
open up
won’t take a minute
that lock is stuck, I got a key’ll fit it
you wanna leave, but don’t wanna part
that’s a pain lyin’ closer than the blood in your heart
I’ve been away too long
I’ve been alright, I’ve been all wrong
I’ve dug through air
and flown through the earth
wanna meet me somewhere?
how ‘bout the center of the earth!
CHORUS
I climb up high, seek rest, and find none
I sink down low, seek friends, I find some
my lord speaks to me through sermon’s of rust
I send prayers of sweat, and sing psalms of blood
string me up, put me to the wall
through me from the tower, it’s not so far to fall
push me in the flame, burn off the sin
still you know I’ll be back again
if it burns, let it burn
if it bleeds, let it bleed
when you’re lost it’s then you’ll receive
this red candle and a bag of fast luck
I gotta grow old, but I don’t gotta grow up
CHORUS
lose me
choose me
run your knives right through me
let your words confuse me
till we can let go