Hard Winds

If I knew a song with all I was able It'd be deep in my palms like a wave to the rocks I see you running fierce with the teeth of a sable Now you're at my window with the skeleton stars Right as I stand in my new set of skin See me breaking it in when you find my up there A sound doesn't stop, it's only taking a hostage In the silence that lives above the moving air One and one, another gone Three stars in the sky Trace a ray to an outer place Where starlight goes to die Arm and arm we brave the storm That's gathered in our eyes One and one, another gone A thousand tons of blood, bone, and ice Familiar place with the will of a loved one I remember the time, the taste, and the walls If I let it take me into the warm room Where everything holds on, everything stalls Away with the birds and the bells and the neighbors Into the well for a couple of days I'm there to rehearse what will never be made Into anything more than a peculiar phrase One and one, another gone Three stars in the sky Trace a ray to an outer place Where starlight goes to die Arm and arm we brave the storm That's gathered in our eyes One and one, another gone A thousand tons of blood, bone and ice I saw the beast that did death a favor Ran to the sky with the blue in my veins Hard winds took the skin and the marrow All of the buildings and the castles of kings I'd be happier then, having read the ending Tracing the ups and all the downs of a line If I was ready for the static that held me I'd rebuild myself with whatever I find One and one, another gone Three stars in the sky Trace a ray to an outer place Where starlight goes to die Arm and arm we brave the storm That's gathered in our eyes One and one, another gone A thousand tons of blood and bone and ice