Tracks in the Heavy Clay

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

The clock on the wall keeps talking

Outside the window nothing moves

I count a hundred different voices

Every one of them searching for the truth

You strike a match and I lean closer

Something warm starts climbing through the cold

And the wind that flattened me this morning

Doesn't seem so mean anymore

Chorus

They say the noise keeps getting louder

Trying to bury what is real

But I hear a deeper kind of thunder

In the honest weight of what we feel

A steady hand a shift of gears

A promise out on gravel ground

We might be hauling up a mountain

But we don't have to haul it alone

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh carry it

Oh-oh carry it

We don't have to haul it alone

Verse 2

Look ahead down the open highway

At the little ones coming up behind

If we never leave a mark to follow

What kind of map are they supposed to find

Different tongues and different shorelines

All of us bleeding the same warm red

A kid can't build a decent morning

On the bitter things the old folks said

Pre-Chorus

So we clear a trail for the wild ones

Keep their small fires safe inside

Teach them how to hold the quiet

Teach them how to hold the light

Chorus

Love is love and truth is truth

It don't matter where you're from

It's the only bridge that carries us

Toward the rising sun

We're leaving tracks in the heavy clay

So the young ones know the way to go

Keep their sweet creative fires

Burning bright out in the snow

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh burning bright

Oh-oh burning bright

Keep it burning out in the snow

Bridge

The world will say fit the mold now

Stay between the lines they drew

They'll try to fence the spirit in

And paralyze the dream in you

So let the critics throw their stones

Let the cynics shout their doubts

We are digging trenches for the light

And we ain't turning back or pulling out

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Love is love and truth is truth

It don't matter where you're from

It's the only bridge that carries us

Toward the rising sun

We're leaving tracks in the heavy clay

So the young ones know the way to go

Keep their sweet creative fires

Burning bright out in the snow

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh burning bright

Oh-oh burning bright

Keep it burning out in the snow

Outro

We can't just point them to the highway

While we're stumbling in the ditch

Gotta watch each other's shadows

Find the places where we slip

When your brother's flame is flickering

Wrap your hands around the wind

Don't go asking for his history

Just remember he's your friend

A circle doesn't function

If we're staring at the wall

We gotta face each other squarely

If we're gonna stand up tall