Couple beers with the reverend,
Am I safe from the night?
More money to the system,
Am I free from the fight?
I left myself behind in my home town,
Went looking for a new place, you won't find me around.
I made peace with my country,
Though I never could believe,
Somebody else's struggle
Is the reason that I flee
There's none that miss me, they never thought I'd go.
So many things about me, nobody seems to know.
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Can you carry more,
If you leave me back?
What's left to take?
Who's lives come last?
I can find fewer reasons,
Against the need to run,
Than my hands to bear a burden,
A weight I can't overcome.
There are reasons I worry, there are answers I fear.
Is there love enough to save us? Will it find us out here?
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I counted my fortunes,
With time left to spare.
My doubts all outnumbered,
Regardless of what's fair.
Need to find a way to carry myself through the day.
Let grief lie behind me and learn to look away.
[Solos]
[Chorus]