Mother Nature

I put the groceries down on the front lawn

And think maybe the children just want recognition

I wrote the fairytale on a midnight drive

Wanting to know if I'm more than alive

I torched the fields again

And killed an honest man

Now I understand Mother Nature

Watch me running head-first into the thorns

It's like the lights are off but somebody's home

Unwrap that tourniquet 'round the sun

Turn those subtle reds into neon

You'll see the difference when it's done

But I understand your hesitation

Come take a walk with me down billionaire's row

Trying to keep our balance over zero

We'll write the fairytale for the rest of our lives

Throwing the trash away one more time

Holding on to love like a stone

Melting down today for tomorrow's

Covenant of the heart

You know it's turbulent from the start

And I understand it's not your nature

But you need a friend

To take you home

You've got to begin again

To open castle gates and let me go inside

And taste the bitter tea that won't let you hide

Then we can take away as much as we can steal

Break all the precious bones before the guards appear

Before the fantasy is cast into the fire

And strike the temple bell to resonate the—

Covenant of the heart

You know what comes right after the dark

But I understand your hesitation