Know the Wild that Wants You

When you were a boy, you stuck a thumb inside the light, inside the light

Morning bottle warm

Holy compass ready, you would run into the wild, into the wild

Gathered in its arms

(In its arms)

(In its arms)

When you're in the city, you're a tangled native tongue

Another tongue eating fear for free

Know the wild that wants you

Know you're not another pillow on a gun, drifting off to sleep

And come home

And come home

Hear your own bones say, "Heal yourself, yourself"

Hear your own heart moan, "Love yourself, yourself"

When you were a girl, salt was beading down your back

And all the braves were tangled in your hair

Candy for your lips and for your love

All you were given was a bruise

Falling down the stairs

When you're in the city and it's talking to itself, to itself

Stealing what you sing

Know the wild that wants you when the sun is underground

And park police are laughing off your leaves

Hear your own bones say, "Heal yourself, yourself"

Hear your own heart moan, "Love yourself, yourself"

And come home

And come home

And come home

And come home