We're all just portraits of the men we wish to be,
With arms open wide and hearts on our sleeves.
But where have you been, dear portrait of mine?
Cos I've been lost in running all the while.
And I apologise for that.
Was it the storm rolling in that brought you back?
You better pray for rain,
to wash away the pain.
You better pray for rain to come again.
The coldest hearts, they thaw like stone,
Crying for me to come back home.
And brother wolf, the love you've shown,
Will guide me down that road.
I've spent my whole life searching
For a man behind a mask.
He's a whisper in the wind through a single blade of grass.
But if this silence holds you then I hope it holds me too,
I've been so afraid here without you.
You better pray for rain,
to wash away the pain.
You better pray for rain to come again.
The coldest hearts, they thaw like stone,
Crying for me to come back home.
And brother wolf, the love you've shown,
Will guide me down that road.
credits
released January 1, 2011
Music by Montaine, lyrics by Joe Keogh
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