We Will Run

I watch the water rising

For waves that washed away my crown

I lit a match to find

And felt it burn the whole way down

The lights were out on house steps

And empty streets portrayed the sound

Of leaves and stones held singing

The head we held still holds us down

But all the smoke is still breathing

From ashes from beneath our feet

Like hope still long forgotten

And grass still grows where once lay streets

The house that keeps our secrets

The fall that bore our humble streps

These walls like arms embrace us

The door we smash to get back in

We will run back home

Cause we're still running back home

The youngest heart beats loudest

The old is steady and content

Our days like clocks unwinding

We came, we saw, we loved, we left

We will run back home

Cause we're still running back home

And we will run back home

I watch the water rising

For waves that washed away my crown

I lit a match to find

And felt it burn the whole way down

'Cause we're still running back home

The lights were out on house steps

And empty streets portrayed the sound

Of leaves and stones held singing

The hands we held still hold us down