Psalms 40:2

pulled off the highway in Missouri, lo our hearts were heavy laden

made for the chapel with some spray paint for all the things we've held in secret,

lord lift up these lifeless bones,

light cascading through the window, all the rainbow's heavy tones.

He has fixed his sign in the sky

He has raised me from the pit and set me high

left that place in ruin, drunk on the Spirit, and high on the fumes

checked into a Red Roof Inn, stayed up for several hours and then slept like infants

in the burning fuselage of my dais

let my mouth be ever fresh with praise

He has fixed his sign in the sky

He has raised me from the pit and set me high

each morning new, each day shot through,

with all the sharp small shards of shrapnel

that seem to burst out of me and you

head down towards Kansas, we will get there when we get there, don't you worry

feel bad about the things we do along the way, but not really that bad

we inhaled the frozen air

lord send me a mechanic

if I'm not beyond repair

He has fixed his sign in the sky

He has raised me from the pit and set me high

Psalms 40:2

from

The Life of the World to Come

The Mountain Goats

2009