Second Family Portrait Lyrics

[Verse 1] Through rolling hills and many miles of blood We slept in the rainfall and marched through the mud And you were not like anyone I'd known You spoke with impunity, had...Read Full Lyrics

All the trees stood like skeletons Silhouettes of spilled ink And the snows fell in sheets and got wrapped around our feet We built the fire evermore with winter beating at the ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] Drawn into the frost on the glass was a map Pointing to my secret hiding place It lead you to the tree with the split in its trunk On the way into your family's yard ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, the world might cut you down again But you know the way back home And your best might not be good enough But just know you're not alone And if you slip and los...Read Full Lyrics

It was the year my son was born The same year my sis' walked into the woods And was never seen again I still call her name sometimes, just in case The snows came at noon And t...Read Full Lyrics

We were sun-burned and shoeless kids It was the dead of July We were skipping stones in the failing light I smelled the fire place Although we were miles away We were infinite...Read Full Lyrics

I tied your shoes while you sat and watched the rain Hands folded across your lap, and the dull look of peace across your face Mom down the hall, Bible pressed to her chest She ...Read Full Lyrics

I fell asleep in the chair by the fireplace And I woke up in the kitchen sink With an umbrella full of holes overtop my head and I fell asleep on the table with your picture in ...Read Full Lyrics

Skies black, cold and vacant now I sat on the hillside The stars up above me Like pinholes in velvet I listened to the song That I hoped I'd never hear And off behind me G...Read Full Lyrics

Open eyes adjusting to the dark The growlin' of machinery Can't say if it's night or day And you know, somewhere in there you know There will be a price to pay 'til all this go...Read Full Lyrics