I’ve been looking at the sky
collecting shells and getting high
trains and saviors take too long
I’ve been walking on shore
Hoping love or ships or more
Will call my name to come aboard
Chorus:
While I waited down here for more
You were coming in quietly backdoor
You did not come in like a fire, like a storm or like a shark
You were just standing by a lampost like an angel in the dark
You were the empty handed begging for a word or for a score
You were a million stricken voices lying naked on the floor
I been opeing these eyes
Desperate to see anything that flies
Pulling weeds and teeth and lies
Tried to find you with the Kings
Presidents and Preaching Wings
Stars that rock and Pretty things
While I waited down here for more
You were coming in quietly backdoor
You did not come in like a fire, like a storm or like a shark
You were just standing by a lampost like an angel in the dark
You were the empty handed begging for a word or for a score
You were a million stricken voices lying naked on the floor
Holy things don’t have good hearts
Special places or headstarts
Holy ground will blow your mind