The Past Is My Prey

love

you promised me

then you led us deeper into the trees

and looped the trail where it traced the thin air

when you track the old days

remember the game

the past's not always the prey

and we numbed the earth's skin

when we tried to strike a spark

never known where to begin

staring backwards from the start

and the needle skips and spins

stumbling from blind to blind

let them hunt us down again

i will keep us safe tonight

on and on

you told me i was wrong then

please tell me i'll be wrong again

a heart behind glass

in a tower of stone

i smuggled the spark

that led the forest fire home

and we numbed the earth's skin

when we tried to strike a spark

never known where to begin

in the landscape of a heart

and the needle skips and spins

stumbling from blind to blind

let the tables turn again

i will keep us safe tonight

safe

we're safe tonight

above the earth

an arc of escaped light

the first time we've been lost

to second sight

the sky's the blind

for a pair of newborn kites

you told me i was wrong

please tell me i'll be wrong again