Through the Gate

Verse 1

The gates swung wide,

The night was clear,

I left it all...

And disappeared...

Verse 2

No chain, no lamp,

No hounds behind,

Just open road...

And open sky...

Chorus

I'm running hard,

Not from - but toward,

Across the fields,

Beyond the law

Toward the light I used to know...

Hope was waiting

Down that road

Flute Interlude

Verse 3

I cleared the ditch,

I cleared the lane,

Each stride I took

Shed some old shame

Verse 4

I heard a voice

Above the wind,

Not the last one

The early kind

Chorus

Still running hard,

Not from - but toward,

Across the fields,

Beyond the law

Toward the light I used to know...

Light was waiting

Down that road

Flute Interlude

Verse 5

I found the field

She stood there still

The way she did

Before my ill

Verse 6

I said the words

I'd locked away,

She looked at me

Like our first day

Bridge

No verdict here,

No iron stair,

Just her and me...

And open air...

Bridge

I held her hand,

She didn't flee

Like neither one...

Had ceased to be.

Chorus

Still running hard,

Not from - but toward,

Across the fields,

Beyond the law

Toward the light I used to know...

She was waiting

Down that road

Flute Interlude

Verse 7

Then something changed

In how she stood,

The sun went cold,

The field turned wood

Verse 8

The gray light came

And filled the air,

The walls returned,

The iron stair

Outro

The turnkey stood beside the door,

The rope was waiting, cold and sure,

I'd had her, just a breath before -

And now I'd never have her more.