The Wilderness

There was a sign on the horizon
Some kind of promise in the air
We could already feel it all begin to change
So we willed away the demons
Felt safe in strangers’ arms
Though the poison already seeping through the ground
Then we waited by our windows
As it rained the summer months
And we knew we were slowly running out of time
To get clean
Now there’s a wilderness that’s waiting
To come take hold of us
And there’s something inside that’s just begun to hatch
And unfolding, deathly wings
That will wrap around your heart
And bring you all the way into the fire
To get clean