Horns & Hooves

The suns sets out west; tints the color of your eyes
I swear, one day I’ll stay, but it’s all in due time
I looked to your overgrown garden
And saw you’d made a home;
You built a life from bricks and loneliness

They’d left you for dead; a casualty of misery
I watched as your spite brought a wounded deer back to his feet
I was hoping one day you could help me back to mine

And I, I wanna know that I can die here in peace;
That there is still a world out there for me
That I won’t be tied down by the weight of my grief

I sought you out in safety; happenstance of unity
And never would have thought
Of the comfort that could bring to me
I lose myself in every moment before you say goodbye

Know that I never meant to cause you to lose confidence
I share in your hallowed chest;
Where’s the optimist in me
When it was all on the line, and you needed it most?

And I, I wanna know that I can die here in peace;
That there is still a world out there for me
That I won’t be tied down by the weight of my grief

And I, I wanna be there when all of this ends
I wanna see you there and take your hand
I just hope you still feel the way you did when we began

You sought out the answers to all of your questions
With nothing more than faith in well-intentioned misdirection
I felt it tearing at the seams;
The threads you tied to me are wearing thin
Will you ever pull me in again?

And I, I wanna know that I can die here in peace;
That there is still a world out there for me
That I won’t be tied down by the weight of my grief

And I, I wanna die in that garden we’ve grown
In the frigid air and falling snow
Please know, I’ll take you with me wherever I may roam