This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Better go back, rhythm inside
Better go back, here inside
I told you I would get you
The back of the hand
I told you I would find
A place to go
Paper trails on a mountain
And fruits on a table
A wooden house to live in
A baby to care
The grass green but the
The sun is blue
Better find a way
To get through to you
Where are you when I need you? Where did you go?
How can I find you when I need to? Where should I go?
Paper trail on a mountain and far away
A big trail on a mountain you'll find a way
The fire outside
It's burning up the place
But you're inside
Burning up ahead
Paper trails on a mountain
And fruits on a table
A wooden house to live in
A baby to care
Better go back, here inside
I told you I would get you
The back of the hand
I told you I would find
A place to go
Paper trails on a mountain
And fruits on a table
A wooden house to live in
A baby to care
The grass green but the
The sun is blue
Better find a way
To get through to you
Where are you when I need you? Where did you go?
How can I find you when I need to? Where should I go?
Paper trail on a mountain and far away
A big trail on a mountain you'll find a way
The fire outside
It's burning up the place
But you're inside
Burning up ahead
Paper trails on a mountain
And fruits on a table
A wooden house to live in
A baby to care
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rather than think of the song as a story, I think of it more as a poem capturing a state of mind.. that state of mind being the confusion or depression of someone who's been rejected, and trying to cope with it or make sense of it.
the paper trails are the memories the vocalist has of the person who has left him, trying to follow them like a trail to see how, and at what point, he finally lost her.
he made her promises but only kept some of them. he made her a home and wants her to come back to it.