When You're Away (feat. Nathaniel Rateliff)

When you're away Snow fills our cabin My footprints tread lonely maps Tracking your travels of America Wishing your form Would arise from the mess When you are gone I must carve my prayers With a pocket knife They splinter my hands As I put them to sail On the wooden wind My heart has nothing to do But to watch itself move blood My heart has nothing to do But to watch itself move blood When you're traveling You're not the only one not at home Our town turns a lonely A lonely shade of color A silent longing haunts the mountain air When you're away I laugh but little I stop believing in magic I spoon cold pillows While dreaming of you And the curve of your hips My heart has nothing to do But to watch itself move blood My heart has nothing to do But to watch itself move blood My heart has nothing to do But to watch itself move blood My heart has nothing to do But to watch itself move blood