Bare to the bone

I grew up on an island Somewhere near Chicago Learned how to talk rough Just like downtown You could drive to the lake And it sure seemed to me It smelled like fresh water But it felt like the sea...

When one door closes another door opens wide It's hard to believe all of the locked doors I've tried And you can't pray for what you want or what you'd have instead You can only offer up your heart...

When the evening like a sparrow Folds down under its small wings All the light bones and the feathers of the day Only then in that moment Stop the rushing and just hold me Lay your hands where it...

It wasn't what I planned It's just how it's comin' down I didn't understand Just doing what I could I was out of my mind Thinkin' it couldn't break me Driving blind Anywhere this thing would take me...

Here I am without a message Here I stand with empty hands Just a spirit tired of wandering like a stranger in this land Walking wide-eyed through this world Is the only way I've known Wrapped in hope...