Out of the Woods

When you went away I was waiting for the earth to break For fortitude to swallow you Go sinking down in the lake Like the tangled roots I grew into you In winter's mires You burn your fires And you burn me too When you going to come out of the woods Just like you always do? Is it the fault of dreams? The cold and rotting leaves? You are bold but skeletal You bring me to my knees When you going to come out of the woods Come crawling through the trees? Out in the winterscape You're always waiting Black dog running free My mind is chasing Out there in the trees The branches moving I want to follow you But you cut your path Straight through me When you went away I was waiting for the earth to break To pull you down Through hollow ground But you're clawing back again You wait like the spineless things That sleep 'til they grow their wings In the dirt they find their worth And go swarming over the streams When you going to come out of the woods? Come crawling through the leaves? Out in the winterscape You're always waiting Black dog running free My mind is chasing Out there in the trees The branches moving I want to follow you But you cut your path Straight through me