Salt Seam 44

Verse 1

8

Eight

A heavy number

I pulled the plastic back

Under the cedar bark and bone

Deep

Down

The creek is dry

I tried to find the seam

Cold copper in my mouth again

Chorus

Oh it is

Folding

Heavy and folding

Over my head

Over my head

Under the weight

I want to believe it

I want to believe it

Verse 2

Dust

Turning

Turning to salt

I swallow the bitter water

Maybe it cleanses

Maybe it kills

Thin

Thread

I cut the rope

The rope was mine to hold

But I let it fall

I let it go

I let it stay gone

Chorus

Oh it is

Folding

Heavy and folding

Over my head

Over my head

Under the weight

I want to believe it

I want to believe it

Bridge

Forty days

Forty nights

Forty years of keeping quiet

Will you come

Will you stay

Will you carry it away

Away

Away

Chorus

Oh it is

Folding

Heavy and folding

Over my head

Over my head

Under the weight

I want to believe it

I want to believe it

Outro

22

It was 22

Still waiting

Still waiting

Waiting for the light

To break through the pine

Through the pine

Through the pine

Amen

Amen