Arrows

Heavy were the nights

When the fire burned low

I was moving in circles

Waiting for you to show

Thinkin' too fast

Tryna breathe slow

Longing for the handle

To turn on the door

And every sign you passed along the way looked twisted and burnt

With messages in languages you'd never seen or heard

But you drove on anyway

And oh, now

All of a sudden you're here

And I can't

Remember a time when you weren't

It's true, I had to believe

That all the signs were arrows

Pointin' you to me

Steady were the wheels

Under every bus

Chasin' a horizon

Nobody ever touched

Singing into lights

Questions over chords

Hearing not an answer

But the silence of applause

And every hand I tried to hold would fit there a while

Till one of us grew tired of pretending it felt right

But the emptiness would burn

It's hard to make yourself leave space

For someone that may never emerge

But oh, now

All of a sudden you're here

And I just can't

Remember a time when you weren't

It's true, I had to believe

That all the signs were arrows

Pointin' you to me

They were pointin' you to me

Every door that hit my face

Every heady scent I've chased

Every oil-slicked mountain road

Every blackened tear that soaked

Every twisted, shouted word

Every god I've never heard

Every smile he yanked from me

Every light I could not see

I'm thinking it's true

That all those signs were arrows

Pointin' me to you