Meadows of Heaven Meadows of heaven Heaven, heaven, heaven I close my eyes, the lantern dies The scent of awakening, wild honey and dew Childhood games, woods and lakes Streams of silver, toys of olden days The flowers of wonder And the hidden treasures

Better than my heart But they're still doing better Now these old beer bones Are like a rusty old plow These cigarettes eyes are 'Bout to burn out These whiskey worn lips can't muster up a smile The soles on my boots have walked their last mile I'm

Oh my my, spaces between the happiness and the hardness I saw red and yellow flowers outside over the moors And brightest sunrise ever to touched my eyes. And through it all, I stood and stumbled, waded through my thoughts and heart Yeah through it all,

Free from it all Breathe in the darkest fall We laugh and cry through a brother's eyes for now Through fire embers glow Haunted I lift the stone All the love I've shown Given to the ones I've known All the love I make Is equal to the love I take

Close your eyes, its about to begin As it flows up from the ground Taking all who hear that sound If you stand in the light, you get the feel of the ride And the music that plays in your ears In your head you can hear, a voice so sweet and clear And the

You laugh creating a lightness in my chest Your eyes they penetrate me (Your answer's always maybe) And that's when I got up and left Like the angel you are They turn the lights down low In shadows hiding from the world Only coming out when it gets cold

Fallen from grace cause I been away too long Leaving you behind with my lonesome song Now I'm lost in oblivion Close, low bright eyes fading Faster than stars falling How can I tell you I failed? Tell you I failed Now I'm lost Flew beyond the sun before

Eyes flare, this glow becomes our lanterns We are searching for truth, but find dust and dirt Though sight falls hard, trudge headfirst and forget what matters Caught in the trample of the tow, bones scrape against the asphalt Gaze into the depth and try

I see your face in every flower Your eyes in stars above The very thought of you And I forget to do The little ordinary things That everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem

I see your face in every flower Your eyes in stars above The very thought of you And I forget to do The little ordinary things That everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem