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'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood |
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When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud |
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I come in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured |
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I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word |
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In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm. |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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Not a word was spoke between us, there was no risk involved |
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Nothing up to that point had even been resolved. |
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Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm. |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail, |
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Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail, |
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Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn. |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there |
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With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair. |
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She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns. |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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Now the bonds are broken, but they can be retied, |
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by one more journey to the woods, the holes where spirits hide. |
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It's a never ending battle for a peace that's always torn |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount |
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But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts |
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And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn. |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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I've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove |
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And old men with broken teeth stranded without love. |
| [03:37.94] |
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn? |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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And now there’s a wall between us, something else been lost |
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I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed. |
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And just to think it all began on an uneventful morn, |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
| [04:28.94] |
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes |
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I bargained for salvation an' she give me a lethal dose. |
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I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn. |
| [04:41.36] |
"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line |
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Beauty walks on a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine. |
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If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born, |
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"Come in," she said, |
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"I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
