Long Shadow

Long Shadow

It's a long shadow that follows me
It's the end of a day that promises me
That I will see
Oh I will see the morning

It's a quiet room that calls my name
Gives me songs and takes my shame
So I can sing
Oh I can sing 'til morning

My mother had a painter's hand
It's not til now I understand
How she could paint
Through the night 'til morning

Now her ghost it beckons me
To carry songs across the sea
And I won't stop
Oh I won't stop 'til morning

It's a long shadow
From where I stand
All along I did follow
All along I was there

It's a gravel road that leads me home
A place where safe is all I've known
'Til I went out
Stepped out against their warnings

To be alone and in the wild
Like a tree, like child
It gave me strength
To fight through 'til the morning

It's a long shadow
From where i stand
All along I did follow
All along I was there

It's a long shadow
All along I was there