0020 - Clear Skies Between Us

Spoken Intro

Clear skies

(clear skies)

Clear skies

(clear skies)

Verse 1

You waited out here in the cold

I told you my mother was calling

She knows exactly where I stand

So I stopped the small talk stalling

You say you wished to speak with me

Formal words like a scribe reciting

And I flinch at how it sounds

Like a stranger quietly indicting

Pre-Chorus

You always get quiet

You always look down

You always go still right before you break

Chorus

Stop talking like that

Just stop talking like that

You know me better than this

Stop talking like that

Verse 2

I hurt him and I saw his face

I never meant a single blow

But wanting not to is not enough

That is the part that scares you so

You said the fire is burning hotter

You said I never built a hearth

You said you are not scared of Theron

You are scared of what I am on this earth

Pre-Chorus

I am not afraid of the Rememberers

I am not afraid of the dark

I am afraid of you

Chorus

Stop talking like that

Just stop talking like that

You know me better than this

Stop talking like that

(like that)

(like that)

Bridge

The horns are calling us home

The horns are calling us home

The horns are calling us home

I watched you walk up the path

A small shape folding into twilight

Leaving me with the truth

Verse 3

The plateau was a sea of faces

Cold and solemn and pale

I saw my mother worry

I saw my father pray

I saw a bruise on a cheek

And a palm traced like a riddle

I was a hammer swinging blind

Now I want to be the wall

Breakdown

I will listen

I will learn

I will stand between you and the storm

I will listen

I will learn

I will stand between you and the storm

Chorus

Stop talking like that

Just stop talking like that

You know me better than this

Stop talking like that

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm