Heart full of wire

I woke up wearing yesterday Like a coat I stole from a

stranger

Coffee cold on the windowsill Sky gone green with danger There’s a

crow on the power line Laughing at the morning And a woman

in a grocery aisle Said,

“Son, you missed the warning” I keep hearing my name In things

that don’t speak In the boards of the house In the salt

of the street I’ve got a mouthful of weather

And a heart full of wire

I’ve been walking through water

Trying to carry fire

If the world wants an answer

It can dig one from the ground

I was born in the thunder

And I’m not coming down

Saw my face in a bottle cap Bent out by the highway

Looked like me at seventeen Still waiting in the driveway I gave

my shoes to the river I gave my pride to the crows

I gave my last good story

To someone I don’t know Now the moon hangs low Like a

nail in the wall And I’m learning the difference Between falling and

a fall I’ve got a mouthful of weather

And a heart full of wire

I’ve been walking through water

Trying to carry fire

If the world wants an answer

It can dig one from the ground

I was born in the thunder

And I’m not coming down

Mother, I tried to be gentle Father,

I tried to be stone But the sea keeps chewing the shoreline

And the dog keeps dragging bones There’s a song in the wreckage

There’s a prayer in the rust There’s a man in the mirror

Who still wants to trust I’ve got a mouthful of weather

And a heart full of wire

I’ve been walking through water

Trying to carry fire

If love is a question

Let it tear through the town

I was born in the thunder

And I’m not coming down