Terrestrial - John Moreland

I was frozen and fumbling for the true thing to say

I swear I’d have had the words if I’d seen you from ten years away

I got all these wheels turning, I got love left to learn

I got candles that burn at both ends, now and then I shall return

Sing hallelujah, I was lost but now I’m found

Come on in, we’ll treat you like kin, long as you don’t make a scene or a sound

You gave me a restlessness that lives deep down in my bones

And a pretty good reason to keep right on being alone

Sing hallelujah, I was found but now I’m lost

I heard the call and I bet it all, and never even added the cost

You gave me a purpose, but I could not complete the task

As a child I repented my nature, 'til as a man, I repented my past

The headlines are burning, can you tell me what’s real?

My mortal vision is blurring, unclear on the terms of the deal

We got all our defenses, we got all of our pain

We got all of our radiance, oh, we got all of our rain