A Long Time Away Lyrics - Jet Plane And Oxbow - Shearwater

Shuddering brakes on the road to Jerusalem 

It's so easy to drift when your eyes are so tired 

And in the rush to the scene you are one of the millions 

In a dirty old town that some killing made holy 

Crying, give us the last rites 

Or give us our dreaming 

Or give us the thunder's rolling- ah! 

Well, look around, old friend 

Nothing is laid to rest 

It just grows unattended 

And you've been a long time away 

A break in the clouds like a crack in a cylinder 

But now there's blood on the beach and a wreck in the water 

And as the shadow arrives on the face of your innocence 

You feel the shock in your eyes and the shaking in your own hands 

And look around, old friend 

You live under house arrest 

And you sleep undefended 

And you've been a long time away 

Riding a wild life 

But you let go of the reins 

And you answer to me now 

And you've been a long time away 

And it never goes dark 

Under these lights 

It never goes cold 

Under fire 

Bring the drums 

Bring the lights 

Bring the wires