Well I’ve been working like hell to remember a truth Like some star I could fix in the sky Like a magnetic pole, it would pull me and I would know right And I've been racking my brain to remember the words Like some spell I could say and be whole It was the simplest sound of a word written down in a book But if the essence of fact could be harnessed like that Well, I could boil down God like a broth Then stay out half the night drinking soma with all of the boys But does coherence exist in the world as it is? Can a man find some sense in this life? “What is truth?” Pilate asked on a Friday as black as the night Oh but you can’t simplify when you're reasoning why No, you can't sip your supper like that You feel strange, you have changed who you were when you had your first draught Oh you can sharpen your cynical sense of regret You can cut out all the parts you don't like You and your Jefferson Bible to lull you to sleep at night Or you can choose to be careful and take in the whole of existence. Oh God, what a sight! But baby, I want you to tell me About all the dark things that hide in your heart Show me what makes you so lonely Did somebody hurt you, did somebody lie? Baby, I want you to tell me About all the dark things that hide in your heart Show me what makes you so lonely Did somebody hurt you, did somebody lie?

We’ve done something awful We’ve broken your heart Tongue-tied and disheveled We moved in the dark I needed to see you Without any doubt ‘Cause all of my mistakes Are finding me out Oh, what a blessing you’ve been to me this year I can’t remember who I was before you were here Oh, oh, oh, oh Wake up, darling, I need you to listen Share my sorrow, share my condition On the weekend we struggle like lovers Then come Monday, we don’t know one another Wake up, darling, I need you to listen Share my sorrow, share my condition On the weekend we struggle like lovers Then come Monday, we don’t know one another We don’t know one another We don’t know one another

The fire goes out, the pressing doubt You claim to be my friend Your promises sometimes eclipsed By tears and empty dread I believe in everything you said when we were young But tell me, can you energize my eyes and tired tongue? Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are The empty thought of fear and loss The angry empty chair A race well won seems troublesome And I doubt you’re even there But I believe in everything you speak to troubled hearts Tell me, can you take me in and heal what falls apart? Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are Tell me you are

Take the son that you have waited for Bind his hands and bind his feet Draw your knife and put it to the boy As a sacrifice to me Just blood and bone In my age, I have begun to doubt All the promises you’ve made But I’m not wanting, I can do without Are you still the one who saves? Or are you just blood and bone? Just blood and bone Are you waiting ‘round the corner? Are you just now out of sight? Did you catch yourself in the thicket So you could save my life? Or are you just blood and bone? Just blood and bone God of Heaven, please have mercy God of Abraham, come near You will have to be my Father For I have no father here Just blood and bone Just blood and bone

I was trying to remember the last thing you said As you walked up the stairwell that led to your bed And I laughed, all alone At the words never mentioned, but often rehearsed Like an expectant mother, with only stillbirth And the sun rose I was walking aimlessly I was lonely And the sun rose, just for me I was under the incline and under your spell And those half-hearted love songs I never sang well I will sing, all alone I wish you’d come down the stairwell and take me by the hand And we'd scream to the darkness as loud as we can This is love, I will never be alone This is love, I will never be alone Walking aimlessly I was lonely And the sun rose, just for me I was walking aimlessly I was lonely And the sun rose, just for me Just for me (I wish I wasn't a wreck since you left, since you left) (Deliberate practice is still really hard You tell me you love me and catch me off-guard Take my advice and I'll try to take yours In a moment of silence face-down on the floor) (A light behind the door, tell me what it's for) (I'm swallowing poison, hope my enemies die I'm making decisions I can't justify But I'm not alone in this big awful mess ‘Cause I've got a friend and she loves me the best) (I am holding onto something Greater than myself Hope is hard to come by these days Calling for some help) (I’m counting my blessings by twos and by tens I’m seeing my life through a scratch on the lens I’m leaning in close to the people who ache The Lord’s present in weakness and all my mistakes) (Would you say, would you say, would you say?) (It’s bitter in winter, the cross of our king The knowledge that darkness affects everything You’re quick to be angry, your grandmother's gift All people on earth, from the cup we all sip)

Last night I had a dream That you were walking home with me To the house your brother made And we both shared the same last name And everything was true We were talking like most lovers do And all the promises we made When we were both sixteen had stayed It doesn’t seem like much But it’s enough to set me off It’s been a year this spring But I can still remember everything You were with me all day long But by midnight, you were gone So I poured myself a toast To long lost friends and familiar ghosts It doesn’t seem like love Because love would learn to trust I wish I could explain Why you are still in every song I sing