Pioneers Lyrics

Back when we wore the dirt And you didn't hurt And they named constellations after us I'd heard you almost died And the fault was mine So that day my heart became untied But ...Read Full Lyrics

I never knew it till it passed Was always covered in a cast I was constructed of a cloth That couldn't last So now I'm barely blood and flesh Just an anatomic sketch Coming...Read Full Lyrics

I was laid across a trembling ground Waiting for the cold unsettling sound It sprung out like a serpent, wailing and frayed It’s something god did not create Living as the ...Read Full Lyrics

Reach in for it Your rusted, iron-covered cross Pour out your breath Into the furnace again I think I found a better way to live And I think I’ve found a better way to die ...Read Full Lyrics

I drove an ancient copper thorn Into your Red Indian heart Pulled the cross down and myself Into a hundred weaker parts Pointed up into the cliffs I saw the villains they beca...Read Full Lyrics

She was in the backyard digging out a trench Praying for her father's gun again All the holy weight they laid across your back A hundred years you waste just thanking them for that...Read Full Lyrics

There's nothing harder to say Than that prayer we scripted and stored away It must've told me to stay But i was sprinting for some day So i’m falling victim to something I...Read Full Lyrics

When I was six months old There was a price upon my soul They placed me in a basket And sent me down the rapids So all I ever knew was a wicker tomb Please lock the door beh...Read Full Lyrics

I was up to my neck in apologies For the war they had waged over me Two ill-tempered ideas Tearing down the house Guess I've been loaning it out To the wrong crowd So there...Read Full Lyrics

My left handed heart is still painting your face Over the walls of my dim mind These contrary winds hiding under my eyelids I hope I can stomach the weight But each bristling...Read Full Lyrics