Smooth stones have fallen more out a sky night like rain I'm on the front lawn, getting beaten black and blue again Lookin' back now I preferred child my enemies to my friends It always just seemed logical, something constant, upon which you can depend If my father was an earthquake, now then my mother was a Me I've kinda got my hands full, just walkin' in a line, remembering my own name
(Chorus) I was in the trees around my home Bled out into the eyes 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 color out of your eyes I just keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest
I heard stories of those city lights as I head out among trees Bows like a spider web, and no light in for the eye to see Five flies in the skies with the downward pressure of the heat I sneak down that gravel at night till black eye's hotter than the Tennessee concrete
(Chorus) I was in the trees around 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 born to a cold wind, take the word out of mouth and color right out of your eyes I just keep what I can now, and leave the rest behind I just keep what I can carry now, and the rest behind
Clear to go there's a heavy load, watch the car castle fall apart Ill tell you right now it's more the stomach out here than it is about the heart See a man now playing in a dark caf everybody's back turned we've just gotta put our hands into the fire, make sure that it still burns Red in that downtown Bart pulls out and puddles on his feet I know that some of you out are starving, but it ain't for lack of something to eat
(Chorus) I was in the trees around my home Bled fire out the eyes of the sky The world snapped, your feet and every thing that was alive that died I was to a cold wind, take 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