This is my body, this is my blood This is everything that I have ever thought of This is my ashes, this is my spark I’ll lay it all before you Like a shadow in the dark, like a shadow in the dark This is my rags, this is my bones This is everyone whom I have ever known This is my pounding head, it is my tell-tale heart I’ll leave it here to whisper to you Like a shadow in the dark, like a shadow in the dark It’s a true story, it’s just pretend It’s undisputed facts and circumstantial evidence A crumb along the trail, a pile of stones A cautionary tale, an accidental manifesto It’s a painstaking confession It’s a random, fleeting thought This is my offering, this is all I got, this is all I got This is my wonder, this is my dread This is everything that anyone has ever said This is my undoing, it is my start I’ll leave it here for you to stumble over Like a shadow in the dark, like a shadow in the dark

Mangy old coyote flashed me a grin Then he took off through the trees, I followed him in I’ve been lost ever since, I’ve made these woods my home I’ve been wandering around through brambles and glens I’ll make it out someday but I can’t say when I’ll leave a trail of songs so you can know which way I’m gone I’ve been a magpie collecting shiny things And then I fly away on tiny wings I’ve been a mockingbird I’ve been listening for a song to sing Storms start to cracking all across these hills And the beasts start to scream, then everything is still I’ve just learned to take cover while the winds howl past my cave Then I pick me back up by the dawn’s early light I walk and I walk, I never know what I’ll find Then I lay me back down till the winds bring another day I’ve been a magpie collecting shiny things And then I fly away on tiny wings I’ve been a mockingbird I’ve been listening for a song to sing I found a pile of bones that you left by the fire It was a circle of stones, it was a funeral pyre You left a trail of poems so we can know which way you’re gone One time I crept up to the edge of town I heard sirens wailing, I turned back around I’ve been lost ever since, I’ve made these woods my home I’ve been a magpie collecting shiny things And then I fly away on tiny wings I’ve been a mockingbird I’ve been listening for a song to sing

I got a wind chill and I'm a far cry from home I got these four wheels, they always cause me to roam I got a lone crow screamin' in a naked tree I got twenty below, I'm in a deep deep freeze I got roadkill, frozen blood, fur, and bones I got an icy hill, I got a heavy heavy load There's this girl I know, I think she's waitin' for me But I just wanna be alone, I'm in a deep deep freeze I got warning light, I got a long lonesome road I got a seized-up mind, I gotta call for a tow I got a brokedown heart, I got a rusty old dream And it's just too cold to start, I got a deep deep freeze

I’m a good guy, I swear I’m worth your time, your trouble, and your care I’m a good guy, I swear to god I really am I’m a blessing, not some old curse I’m a good guy, you could do a whole lot worse I have lived my life just trying to be a good, good man My strength has always been my weakness My pride has always been my shame I swear to god, I’ll get out from underneath this I’ll make you proud to light my flame It’s a thin line between ripe and rotten You can’t let my love become forgotten It’s been a big love, I swear to god you could do a whole lot worse My strength has always been my weakness My pride has always been my shame I swear to god, I’ll get out from underneath this I’ll make you proud to light my flame It’s a thin line between rotten and ripe You can’t forget my love, it’s been the fruit of your life It’s been a big and juicy love, I swear to god You could do a whole lot worse

Everything gets a little weird in the middle of the night Everything gets a little weird in the middle of the night Worries, regrets, and fears Burning houses and vanished years Everything gets a little weird in the middle of the night It's the blood moon Everything she said is crawling through your bones Everything she said is howling in your bones You're so tiny lying in your little bed The night's so big and you're so scared And everything she said is screaming in your bones It's the blood moon There's ice on the windowpane and fire at your door There's ice on your windowpane and fire at your door Black sky full of coming rain Sad whistle on a far-off train There's ice on your windowpane and fire at your door It's the blood moon It's a blood blood moon

I have become as light as a feather I am afraid I might blow away I have become as dark as the weather I wish that you would just go away I thought I had a free ride on a cruise of pleasure I didn't pay, I was a stowaway I thought I held in my hand a golden treasure, but that was just something I should throw away, throw away What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for This is a lesson that I keep learning It is something I should know by now There are some bridges that just need burning I just need someone to show me how And even when the storms are churning That isn't something I should fret about Because no matter what, this world keeps turning I'm packing up and I'm headed out, headed out What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for I'm not looking for any answers I'm just trying to find the questions Once again, I've gotten totally lost But I'm not stopping for directions I don't know which way to go But I am open to suggestions What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for I'm not looking for any answers I'm just trying to find the questions Once again, I've gotten totally lost But I'm not stopping for directions I don't know which way to go But I am open to suggestions What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for This is a lesson that I keep learning It is something I should know by now

Come up on the roof and listen to the stars Listen to the freeway singing and the rattle of the railroad cars Listen to the moon whisper tunes that whistle through the night Oh my darling, feels like we're slipping out of sight Follow me, show me the way to go Lead me anywhere We might end up, I don't know And I don't really care Let's disappear into thin air I'll meet you there Absolutely elsewhere Disconnect that phone, turn off that computer Forget about all the little things you have to do and close those window curtains Climb back into bed and whisper to me while I kiss your face Oh my darling, feels like we're slipping into space Follow me, show me the way to go Lead me anywhere We might end up, I don't know And I don't really care Let's disappear into thin air I'll meet you there Absolutely elsewhere

I get up every morning, I hit these city streets I move through my daily groove, then I take me home to sleep I stumble and trip, I lose my grip, I try to figure out where I stand I'm just one more man on the burning sands looking for some promised land I been up to the mountaintop and I watched your cities burn I been down to the valley below and I choked while your wheels churned I been down to the riverside as I wandered through the night I looked into the heart of man and I know what the fire is like I know that faith really is a leap And time really really does creep along And all I got is one simple song I'm singing Hey it's gonna be all right This ain't based on empirical data, ain't based on a set of facts It ain't no knowledge you can learn in college and they ain't no one you can ask You could say I got a funny feeling, you could call it a whimsical hunch But though it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, I just don't worry too much So baby won't you go to sleep And sleep through the whole night long Though I know everything is going wrong I'm singing Hey you're gonna be all right Faith really is a leap And time really really does creep along And all I got is one simple song I'm singing Hey it's gonna be all right I keep on singing Hey we're gonna be all right

I been hanging around here for plenty long enough I been waiting for you, I been hanging tough I talked you through your troubles, I talked you through all your anguished woe But to me you've just been deaf and dumb and now it's time for me to go I wish I had me a locomotive I'd go rolling down the line I'd blow my whistle long and clean Oh my light would shine I wish I had me an airplane And I'd be up and flying And that would give some poor fool cause to dream Instead of lying alone and crying I've been nursing whiskeys in a bar down by the tracks Been talking to my good good friends, they tell me I should not look back I been thinking long and hard about why I'm even in this town I guess I thought I owed you something but girl you finally wore me down I wish I had me a locomotive I'd go rolling down the line I'd blow my whistle long and clean Oh my light would shine I wish I had me an airplane And I'd be up and flying And that would give some poor fool cause to dream Instead of lying alone and crying Ain't no use to wonder why--I know, that's been sung before Just don't bother calling after me when I go blowing past your door I wish I could say I'll miss ya, I wish I could say I kissed ya But at least now to all of your friends you get to say how I pissed you off I wish I had me a locomotive I'd go rolling down the line I'd blow my whistle long and clean Oh my light would shine I wish I had me an airplane And I'd be up and flying And that would give some poor fool cause to dream Instead of lying alone and crying