Gray flat surface spreading endless miles Was laid down by ghosts Who never could have imagined What the world would become Pour a century on a landscape Watch it harden into highway Watch it harden into highway Broken mother sits alone at home She lights a cigarette Forgetting that she just wants Somebody to call her And somewhere there’s a satellite Somebody built And rocketed to outer space Empty city they once built up to the heavens All the people left And the buildings turned to ashes And the moss grows wild Pour a century on a landscape Watch the grass cover the highway Watch the grass cover the highway Gray ash father, broken mother, empty brother Where’d you go? When did you leave me? I want to tell you that I find your face in strangers Hear your voice in dark cafes Infinite centuries made my body Then one moment comes and Takes my breath away

Where did you go? I’m out here on the coastline The drought is much worse than we thought It’s death by sunshine Remember how it used to rain? Remember what we used to say? I’ll search for you, far and wide As north as I can go Almost all the ice the gone It’s not even that cold Remember how it used to snow? Remember where we used to go? Remember knowing? The tide is rising dear It’s getting hotter dear We’ll burn and then we’ll drown This world could break us down Would you forgive me dear If we had one more year I’d learn to say goodbye We have so little time Where did you go? I used to know

Looking in the mirror realize you’re faking Every word you say and every choice you’re making Wondering who’s inside you hoping to be waking up Started as an itch but now it’s growing stronger You’ve been here all your life, you can’t stay any longer But no one’s going to show you how to tell what’s wrong or right It’s not inevitable that we grow Water and light, water and light Soil and shade, soil and shade Water and light, water and light Soil and shade, soil and shade You step out on your own like it’s a secret mission Say you’ll try to understand on one condition That you won’t have to give up on what you’re wishin’ “Please,” you say The ones who made and love you they won’t give their blessing And friends who said they’d never leave are second guessing And the weight of goodbye after goodbye is pressing down on you It’s not inevitable that we grow Water and light, water and light Soil and shade, soil and shade Water and light, water and light Soil and shade, soil and shade You’ll be running out of time before you even started Picking up regrets the moment you’ve departed All the time wishing you could be more light hearted, “Please,” you say Until one day you get so far you forget the reason You started to begin with, every passing season Adds another layer, you forgot how trees and flowers survive It’s not inevitable It’s not inevitable That we grow Water and light, water and light Soil and shade, soil and shade Water and light, water and light Soil and shade, soil and shade

How many words go unsaid between us Sitting and burning? How many trees have decayed on this island? How many bones in the soil have disappeared? Your candle is shorter than mine (We don’t have much time) I’m trying to show you Can’t keep pretending it’s fine (Or keep up the lies) Will I ever know you? All your dreams and memories All your fears have landed you here Looking at your legacy Wondering what to say to me How many times has this silence Felt like a failure? How many stars have decayed on the skyline? How many bones in my body are shaped like yours? Your candle is shorter than mine (We don’t have much time) I’m trying to show you Can’t keep pretending it’s fine (Or keep up the lies) Will I ever know you? All your dreams and memories All your fears have landed you here Looking at your legacy Wondering what to say to me All your traits and tragedies All the gifts you handed me Here, look at your legacy Some things may never be Years and years and years go by Living silent side by side This house was built long ago No telling what these walls may hold And what is buried underneath The bones and secrets that we keep We’re not the first to be afraid That what we built will one day fade All your dreams and memories All your fears have landed you here Looking at your legacy Wondering what to say to me All your traits and tragedies All the gifts you handed me Here, look at your legacy Some things may never be

Hard to see the light behind us Frozen where the darkness blinds us Soften so the sun shines through Cracks will turn to golden wounds Freedom from the chains that bind us The way our past and pain defines us To head back home where we come from Return to where we learned to run

I come from mountains I come from sea I come from sorrow I want to be Finally free Finally free Finally free You wanna ask me How to be free How to be free Fearful are we Don’t wanna get free Don’t wanna get free I dream of mountains I dream of seas I forgive sorrow I learn to be Finally free Finally free Finally free You wanna ask me How to be free How to be free Faithful are we Got to get free Got to get free

Yes, I believe Yes, I believe Yes, I believe That one day all of this soon will be over Yes, I believe Yes, I believe Yes, I believe That one day all of this soon will be over The crazy minds, the crazy headlines The waking up and hoping it’ll be different this time The wondering how long we’re gonna have to climb Without getting anywhere How do you dream over a bed of disaster? There has to be after What? After how? After when? I don’t know, but I’ll say it again and again and again Yes, I believe Yes, I believe Yes, I believe That one day all of this soon will be over Yes, I believe Yes, I believe Yes, I believe That one day all of this soon will be over Start to realize the anger’s disguise For something much more painful hiding on the inside The pointing fingers up at the monster in the sky That won’t get us anywhere How do we move when we’re stuck on a story? There has to be glory What? Glory how? Glory when? I don’t know, but I’ll say it again and again and again Yes, I believe Yes, I believe Yes, I believe That one day all of this soon will be over Yes, I believe Yes, I believe Yes, I believe That one day all of this soon will be over

Waiting on the warehouse rooftop Watching empty city streets as Wind and rain destroy the world We take for granted constantly Kiss me as the sky splits open Hold me like I’ll blow away This could be a final moment News of missiles flying over Ocean water turning black with Oil spilling, tyrants killing Tectonic shifting, coastlines drifting Kiss me as the sky splits open Hold me like I’ll blow away This could be a final moment Marching down the street with Thousands of strangers carrying signs of protest That shout for freedom, echoing songs of Pioneer dreamers that walked before us If they sound the siren you will Be the one I call to say goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Kiss me as the sky splits open Hold me like I’ll blow away This could be a final moment Or the dawn of a new day

Come what must, and come what may I’ll survive it either way Water, sun, and time, and then I will be in bloom again Cut me down, and keep what’s left Save the petals, toss the rest As the seasons come and go Perennials always grow Always grow And I’ve been down bad roads before Disillusioned, disenchanted, disheartened And it starts in myriad ways But I fall way down And I look around And I’ve never been this close to the ground Only one thing to do down here Get a shovel and dig out your fear Come what must, and come what may I’ll survive it either way Water, sun, and time, and then I will be in bloom again Cut me down, and keep what’s left Save the petals, toss the rest As the seasons come and go Perennials always grow Always grow And in the darkest nights I’ve found In the winter hours when the light is fleeting And I mean it comes and then it’s gone And I try and hold on But it’s taking to long And I’m afraid I won’t make it til dawn Only one thing to do in here Light a candle and look at your fear Come what must, and come what may I’ll survive it either way Water, sun, and time, and then I will be in bloom again Cut me down, and keep what’s left Save the petals, toss the rest As the seasons come and go Perennials always grow Always grow But in the moments in between When the buds still can’t be seen We have faith that we’ll be fine We know healing takes its time We know healing takes its time