Smooth have fallen once more out a sky night like rain I'm outside on the lawn, getting beaten black and blue again Lookin' back now I always preferred my enemies to my friends It always just logical, like something constant, upon which you can depend If my father was an earthquake, now my mother was a hurricane Me kinda got my hands full, just walkin' in a straight line, remembering my own name
(Chorus) I was born in the trees my home Bled out into the eyes of the sky The world snapped, beneath feet and every thing that was alive that died I was to a cold wind, take the color right out of your eyes I just keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest
I heard stories of city lights as I head out among them trees Bows bendin' like a spider web, and no in for the eye to see Five flies in the summer skies with the downward of the heat I sneak down that gravel at night till your black eye's hotter than the concrete
(Chorus) I was in the trees around my home Bled fire out into the of the sky The world snapped, your feet and every thing that was alive that died I was born to a cold wind, take the word out of your mouth and right out of your eyes I just keep what I can carry now, and the rest behind I just keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest
Clear to go a heavy load, watch the human car castle fall apart Ill tell you now it's more about the stomach out here than it is about the heart See a man now playing in a dark caf with everybody's turned Sometimes we've just gotta put our hands into the fire, make that it still burns Red light in that downtown Bart pulls out and on his feet I know that some of you out there are starving, but it for lack of something to eat
(Chorus) I was in the trees around my home Bled out into the eyes of the sky The world snapped, beneath your and every thing that was alive that died I was born to a cold wind, the color right out of your eyes Just keep what you can carry now, and leave the behind Just keep what you can carry now, and leave the behind