"Lead Me On" lyrics - JOE HENRY

The day draws a shade
Pulls the thread of your frayed lace undone
It falls like the evenings
That charm then devour their young-
The face of the moon
On the river will shiver and run
From belief to surrender
And I want you to lead me on

The quiet of midnight
Is bright and it sounds an alarm
As men from the county line
Get down and take up their arms-
No one you can name
Is just that one thing they have shown
You speak from the shadows
And I want you to lead me on

The deep valley falls and it
Rises with blood in its eyes
The sharp mountain crawls into clouds
Wears a blade-thin disguise-
The hour is hung on a ladder rung
Cut from my bone-
You move high above me
And I want you to move me on.

This is my body-
Already broken for thee
The black coal at my soul not a diamond
But cracked open and free-
The dark rushing river sweeps
Pushing away and along
Like light through the pines
And I want you to lead me on