Walk Through the Desert

When they write what has happened here
It will seem so clear, like we knew
All that loss, all the haze and fear
It will disappear like the truth

I don’t know why but I
Walked through the desert all night
Walked through it all my life
And I don’t know why

There’s a fire on the mountaintop
But in my black heart only smoke
What I’d give for the flames to stop
For this god to turn back to ghost

I don’t know why but I
Walked through the desert all night
Walked through it all my life
And I don’t know why

Why throw it all away?
What if we could have stayed?
All that we’ve done is trade
A grave for grave
A plague for plague