Lyrics

[Verse 1] When I sing these words into an empty room I'm not sure if they will even make a sound If I burn my paper courage, if I sew it in the ground Will the ashes yield a seed to work around? [Verse 2] There's a hollow that once held a sense of youth A little patch of light I learned to cut in two To cash it in for something wiser, I just want a little truth From every fire and flood that feeds a deeper wound [Chorus] It used to be like a creek, flowing from a summit I could never see Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes Tracing knots along my spine It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe To find the line between the truth and the belief [Verse 3] War is young in terms of time, but it's got teeth Tearing families and futures at the seams Be it oil or gold or water, we have always treasured greed We won't bite the dying hand of history [Verse 4] To my friends who think you'll save yourself some time Because your confidence has withered up and died You are more than what you carry, you are more than what you hide You will never know how much you leave behind [Chorus] It used to be like a creek, flowing from a summit I could never see Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes Tracing knots along my spine It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe To find the line between the truth and the belief [Bridge] Every day dies in convulsion, I gotta smile away my pride But my nerves are buzzing rhythms like defective power lines Burning holes into my memory, streaming smoke into the sky One day we'll talk about what stars used to be like [Chorus] It used to be like a creek, flowing from a summit I could never see Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes Tracing knots along my spine It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe To find the line between the truth and the belief [Outro] To find the line between the truth and the belief