Glad I Am Gone

Verse 1

Mud

On my boots

The swamp water rising up

Slow

Drowning the roots of the willow tree

Cold

The iron gates are rusting shut

You let the fire die

You let the garden dry

No one left to ask why

Chorus

I am glad I am gone

Glad I am gone

I am glad I am gone

Watching from the high ground

While you sink into the gray

Glad I am gone

So glad I am gone

Drop

Gone

Gone

Gone

Gone

Verse 2

Dust

Choking the air

Bitter bread and broken bowls

Hunger

Selling your spirit for copper coins

Lies

Heavy as the humid heat

Heavy as the river heat

Heavy as the fever heat

I see the cracks

I see the ruins

I see the empty chairs

Chorus

I am glad I am gone

Glad I am gone

I am glad I am gone

Watching from the high ground

While you sink into the gray

Glad I am gone

So glad I am gone

Bridge

The levy broke

The city spoke

The people woke

Too late

Far too late

I closed my eyes

Before the skies

Turned to black

And I am never coming back

Chorus

I am glad I am gone

Glad I am gone

I am glad I am gone

Watching from the high ground

While you sink into the gray

Glad I am gone

So glad I am gone

Drop

Gone

Gone

Gone

Gone

Outro

I am safe now

Quiet now

Gone now

Resting in the reeds

Below the cypress trees

Glad I am gone

So glad

I am gone