All the Light I Lent

Oh, I can see the weather breaking in your eyes. I can tell you exactly where the sheltering stone lies. Brother, lay it down. Lay the heavy timber down. I know the way through the pinewood, I know the hollow ground. I can draw the map to lead you out the dark. I can tell you how to calm the beating of your heart. But the lamp blows out when I turn it on myself! Yeah, the glass goes black when I look at myself! I have all the medicine for the sickness in your house... But I am bleeding out. Oh, I am bleeding out. There’s a quiet clarity in the distance, ain't there? A holy shape to another man's despair. I can spot the wildflower blooming on the edge of your cliff. I can pull the thorns from your hands, tell you what the meaning is. I can untie the frayed rope from around your throat. Tell you how the river rises, how to build the boat. I can be the steady hand on the collar of your coat. But the lamp blows out when I turn it on myself! Oh, the compass breaks when I lay it on myself! I am the steady hand on the wheel of a sinking ship. With the poison on my lip! Oh, the poison's on my lip! And the water takes the wise man. Yeah, the water takes the wise man same as the fool. I have the map of the whole grey world... But I’m lost in the room. I am lost in the room! I can see the shore for you, oh I can see the shore... But my feet are to the floor! My feet are to the floor! But the lamp blows out when I turn it on myself! Yeah, the glass goes black when I look at myself! I have all the medicine for the sickness in your house... But I am bleeding out. Oh, I am bleeding out! I can save you. I can save you. But the lamp blows out... When I turn it on myself.