The Swords We Carried Lyrics - Ashes & Roses - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Back when I believed in luck 

And stones & crosses 

I'd put a coin found on the street 

Towards cosmic losses 

And passing graveyards in a car 

Tracing every falling star 

Luck was never very far from childhood causes 

And pennies kissed with wishes arced into the fountains 

And time was said to heal all pain 

And hope move mountains 

And all that could befall a heart 

Or break this perfect life apart 

The swords we carried could not do a thing about them 

Away I am going, away I am gone 

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Ghosts and angels are but memories and visions 

And revenants are out there taking up positions 

But back when I believed in you 

You'd raise the sun and set the moon 

How could I help but love you holy as religion 

Away you are going, away you are gone 

But back when I believed in luck and words as spoken 

I found a lie could break and split the world clean open 

And grief became my company 

Pain so deep I could not breathe 

All betrayal is like dying in slow motion 

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Is it luck that makes us shout or makes us whisper 

Is it luck that makes us wise or turns us bitter 

With our maps that point true north 

With our vows we sally forth 

The swords we carried can't protect us from eachother 

Away we are going 

Away we are gone 

Away we are going 

Away we are gone