Heaven Bound And Glory Be Lyrics - Put Your Ghost To Rest - Kevin Devine

A reporter in a jail room, whispering her source to a dying bulb 

While the prince is in a fable, peaceful in his cradle, convinced of the impossible: 

All those wicked words I used to build my wild Western truth! 

I was just following the rules. Yeah, I did what I had to do. 

So now its later than it needs to be 

And in the dulcet tones of dream 

The prince atop his chariot, 

Heaven bound & glory be. 

A mother in a market chases after children that she barely knows 

While the father on the barstool, dropped off by his carpool, is playing a familiar role: 

I used to be a conquering king. I watched the slow stars shoot & swing. 

When I'd wake, the world would sing. Now, I can't hear anything. 

So now its later than it needs to be 

And while his stranger family sleeps 

The king looks for his castle, 

Heaven bound & glory be. 

There's a myth we must've made 

One we're spreading every day 

In every dying dream we grieve 

The humming hole we fight & feed 

It's the loving lives we long for 

Heaven bound & glory be 

A man in a hotel room, tangled to his teeth by the telephone 

He's waiting on a woman, wondering what she's doing, 

And pacing so his pulse won't slow. 

He drums his legs and pulls his hair; he carves her dimples in the air. 

The raging world has spooked him scared, and he don't want her lost out there. 

So now it's later than it needs to be 

And though his aching eyes want sleep 

Against all rationality 

Against everything he believes 

He prays for her protection, 

Heaven bound & glory be. 

I pray for your protection, 

Heaven bound & glory be.