A Long Time Away - Shearwater

Shearwater - A Long Time Away
Shuddering brakes
on the road to Jerusalem
It's so easy to drift
when your eyes are so tired
And in the rush to the scene
you are one of the millions
In a dirty old town
that some killing made holy
Crying
give us the last rites
Or give us our dreaming
Or give us the thunder's rolling
ah
Well
look around
old friend
Nothing is laid to rest
It just grows unattended
And you've been a long time away
you've been a long time away
A break in the clouds
like a crack in a cylinder
But now there's blood
on the beach
and a wreck in the water
And as the shadow arrives
on the face of your innocence
You feel the shock in your eyes
and the shaking in your own hands
And look around
old friend
You live under house arrest
And you sleep undefended
And you've been a long time away
Riding a wild life
But you let go of the reins
And you answer to me now
And you've been a long time away
you've been a long time away
And it never goes dark
Under these lights
It never goes cold
Under fire
Bring the drums
Bring the lights
Bring the wires