The Storm

Before it took you away
I tried to think of something I could say
I watched the shadows in the hall
How they danced with the light
And the white on the walls
Your face in these pictures
looks like a poem
Your eyes lit up like a river stone
Your body so much like a blanket thrown
On a warm bed at night, like a house in a storm
Then you walk right through the doorway
And you tell me you're here to stay
And the worst is gone and by God how long
Have you been here this way
I surprise myself sometimes
The way the days unfold and this road unwinds
You tell me you see it too
And the miles feel like inches when I think of you
Its been 25 days that I've been gone
25 weeks since I've seen my home
I spent 25 months chasing this song
And all of this time I've been alone
Then you walk right through the doorway
And you tell me you're here to stay
And the worst is gone and by God how long
Have you been here this way
And you knew it all along
I wasn't happy all along
And your body all I wanted
Led me to just come home
Then you walk right through the doorway
And you tell me you're here to stay
And the worst is gone and by God how long
Have you been here this way
And I only just learned how to stand like a man
I've got 25 years of running instead
How could I see the ground at my feet
The truth is to me when I was caught in the storm
That I wasn't alone