Couple beers with the reverend
Am I safe from the night?
More money to the system
Am I free from the fight?
I left myself behind in my home town
Went looking for a new place, you won't find me around
I made peace with my country
Though I never could believe
Somebody else's struggle
Is the reason that I flee
There's none that miss me, they never thought I'd go
So many things about me, nobody seems to know
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Can you carry more
If you leave me back?
What's left to take?
Who's lives come last?
I can find fewer reasons
Against the need to run
Than my hands to bear a burden
A weight I can't overcome
There are reasons I worry, there are answers I fear
Is there love enough to save us? Will it find us out here?
[Chorus]
I counted my fortunes
With time left to spare
My doubts all outnumbered
Regardless of what's fair
Need to find a way to carry myself through the day
Let grief lie behind me and learn to look away
[Solos]
[Chorus]