White Feather

In a field in Ohio, I changed into a scarecrow's clothes
To learn some of the secret songs he knows
I ran through the day and into the night
To be the one doin' the frightenin', it's freeing I suppose
Could be learned behavior to fold and call it failure
'Cause you're terrified of showin' your hand
I think you'd feel safer mumblin' your prayers
To a God you don't understand
You don't understand, you don't understand
In a pool of water, I saw my reflection sink low
And a vision of our future rose
We're drowning in diamonds, borrowed and charged
On a boat with no compass, under a sky with no stars
It could be learned behavior to fold and call it failure
'Cause you're terrified of showin' your hand
I think you'd feel safer mumblin' your prayers
To a God you don't understand
You don't understand, you don't understand
Jesus can't stop laughing, if he could he'd just start crying
Sings, "You hear me, girl? I know that you can"
It's easy to be quiet and easy to be silent
When you're 'fraid of what you don't understand
What you don't understand, what you don't understand
I sat back in the grass inside a galaxy of gnats
And I let the bats in my brain go loose
I could see clearly a raven landin' near me
Wavin' a white feather, callin' for a truce