We Are the Tide

I hear the train all night Sound of its wind blowing through our subtle lives And I have a job to do walking these cars Walking all asleep to get to you But I don't feel your stir beside me And your not in my morning hour Some ties are made to break

The stars wash over me So far away that I can barely breathe From where I lay Never have I been so far From home o'er the years I was cut From sand and rain I'm calling Through ebb and flow I'm calling Whichever way goes Desert rock and roads were up

That morning sky gave me a look So I left while you were sleeping That's all it took And I chalked a line south down the coast Going where my thirst was open For the things that I don't know Going where I wasn't paying For the hurt that I owe One hal

Our time is ever on the road, The ride is in what we make. I walked a year to hear a howl in this give and take. But hear it this way- hear it this way. Alright! And war is in our hearts, And blood is in the land we love. We keep breaking our backs,