Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tired Pony
Performer
Jacknife Lee
Organ
Gary Lightbody
Vocals
Peter Buck
Electric Guitar
Iain Archer
Slide Guitar
Scott McCaughey
Organ
Troy Stewart
Piano
Minnie Driver
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jacknife Lee
Composer
Gary Lightbody
Composer
Peter Buck
Composer
Iain Archer
Composer
Scott McCaughey
Composer
Troy Stewart
Composer
Richard William Colburn
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jacknife Lee
Producer
Sam Bell
Recording Engineer
Matt Bishop
Recording Engineer
John Davis
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I can smell the Redwood fires of Oregon
These memories form a choir and they sing to me
It's years since I've been home and I've ached for you
And I wonder how you've changed and if you'll know my face at all
I'm praying that you will
[Verse 2]
I'll carry the thought of you
So gently in my two hands
The decades are stuck like glue
Like the blood soaked into the land
[Verse 3]
My stampeding heart is lost
Like the compass you always were
I can see in the thawing frost
That your way is the way home
[Verse 4]
Our ghosts fill up the room completely
So there's barely room for us and a clumsy silence falls
These years have humbled me and I know it's too late
Your eyes have been my guide, they've lit my northern sky
For twenty years or more
[Verse 5]
I'll carry the thought of you
So gently in my two hands
The decades are stuck like glue
Like the blood soaked into the land
[Verse 6]
My stampeding heart is lost
Like the compass you always were
I can see in the thawing frost
That your way is the way home
[Verse 7]
Your way is the way home
Your way is the way home
Your way is the way home
Your way is the way home
[Verse 8]
I'll carry the thought of you
The decades are stuck like glue
My stampeding heart is lost
I see in the thawing frost
Written by: Gary Lightbody, Iain Archer, Jacknife Lee, Peter Buck, Richard William Colburn, Scott McCaughey, Troy Stewart