Sleeping At Last - Slow & Steady lyrics

You carved our initials
Into these family trees
But when the branches are bare and broken
Love is so hard to reach

We've learned to brace for the worst
And to read the last pages first
Surrender feels safe

Maybe the soul is the soil
That holds the fallen seed
Or the light pouring down in
Between the rain clouds daring life to reach
Or maybe it's the rings in
The trunk of the tree
A birthmark time will leave
To measure the past

But we can't dream when we're wide awake
Or fall in love with a
Heart too strong to break

Faith is expensive to taste
And time is borrowed loose change
That's already been spent

Maybe the soul is the tone of voice
That unearthed the words that we needed

Maybe the soul is a suitcase that
Holds the backup plan -
A collection of keys and the patience we need
To start again

Maybe it's the thresholds that
Swallow us whole as we learn to let go
In spite of the dirt on our clothes