"Sparrow" lyrics - JOE HENRY

It wasn't peace I wanted
So it wasn't peace I found
I wouldn't stand for reason
And it never would sit down
The bird upon my shoulder
Has not one kind word to say-
My eye is on the sparrow
But she looks the other way

Carry on, and me away
Hey, look alive- the end of days
And our very blood
Taste like honey now

There upon the mountain
Is the shadow of a hand
Tugging at the stubborn mule
Now standing like a man
And twitching like the phantom limb
Of this whole countryside-
Disappearing at the knee
And breaking up our stride

Carry on, and me away
Hey, look alive- the end of days
And our very blood
Taste like honey now

I want time and bread and wine
Sugar and a spoon
I want for the hungry years
To be swallowed by this room
I wait out your memory
Now singing in the trees-
I wait for one grave angel
And I know she waits for me

Carry on, and me away
Hey, look alive- the end of days
And our very blood
Taste like honey now