Holes - Mark Benton

I know a man with nothing in his hands Nothing but a rolling stone He told me about when his house burnt down And he lost everything he owned He lay asleep for six whole weeks They were gonna ask his mother to choose When he woke up with nothing he said I'll tell you something When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose "Now I gotta hole in my pocket, a hole in my shirt A whole lot of trouble," he said But now the money is gone, life carries on And I miss it like a hole in the head, oh-oh, now I know a woman with kids around her ankles And a baby on her lap She said one day her husband went to get a paper And the motherfucker never came back Mortgage to pay and four kids to raise But keeping the wolf from the door She said, "The wolf's just a puppy and the door's double locked So, why you gotta worry me for?" Now he left a hole in my heart A hole in a promise, a hole on the side of my bed Oh, now that he's gone well life carries on And I miss him like a hole in the head Well, sometimes you can't change And you can't choose And sometimes it seems you gain Less than you lose Now we've got holes in our hearts Yeah, we've got holes in our lives Where we've got holes, we've got holes But we carry on Where we've got holes in our hearts Yeah, we've got holes in our lives Where we've got holes, we've got holes But we carry on Said we've got holes in our hearts Yeah, we've got holes in our lives Where we've got holes, we've got holes But we carry on Said we've got holes in our hearts We've got holes in our lives We've got holes, we've got holes But we carry on Said we've got holes in our hearts We've got holes in our lives We've got holes, we've got holes But we carry on Said we've got holes in our hearts Yeah, we've got holes in our lives Where we've got holes, we've got holes But we carry on

There's a picture frame hangin' at the end of the hall Pile of dust on the floor where my fist met the drywall That's my MO, leavin' something broke everywhere I go Holes There's a rusty old truck door sittin' in a field That I filled full of buckshot every time I got Mad at something over nothing didn't matter at all Holes In my life, down in my bones From my heart, to my soul There's a lonely space on the big brass bed Where we first made love And she laid her head on my shoulder Before I told her it was over Holes There's a million conversations with my old man 'Bout who he was, and who I am That I never had, I just wouldn't listen I just kept digging myself down in 'em holes in my life Down in my bones From my heart, to my soul Holes Well I woke up today, put the shovel down Stepped out of my haze, took a look around Saw a ray of light shining through the clouds So I climbed out And I let it shine Down in my bones From my heart, right through my soul Through all my holes Through all these holes

I'm on the highway, I'm walking 'cross America Sweat stain in my blue suede shoes Race wars, Star Wars, planet wars, mind wars Tryna find ways to get to you Always on the precipice, candy wish So what would you prescribe? 'Cause every moment's something sacred, yeah It's such a wild ride Higher than I've ever been Higher than I've ever been Higher Bullet holes All you leave behind Now I know I see you cut and dried I used to wish in symphonies Higher than I've ever been I used to wish in symphonies Higher than I've ever been Left in the rain to the sound of the sirens Jet planes with the battle blues Lifeblood, bad blood, my blood, your blood The state of danger in this human zoo Just caught in the wheels of machinery Fragments to construct a core, yeah Wish I could sleep more easily Are you the one I've been waiting for? Higher than I've ever been Higher than I've ever been Higher Bullet holes All you leave behind Now I know I see you cut and dried I used to wish in symphonies Higher than I've ever been I used to wish, I used to wish in symphonies Higher than I've ever been They closed our path through deserted streets Downtown ghosts shuffling in their feet I will never stop fighting for you Never stop fighting Bullet holes All you leave behind Now I know I see you cut and dried Bullet holes I thought I was inside I used to wish, I used to wish in symphonies Higher than I've ever been