Home In the Heartland - Ten Second Epic

The leaves on the tree are turnin' inside out From the Great White North there's a big black cloud Run for shelter if you can There's a storm in the heartland We made it through the flood of '93 But this is gonna be the death of me I can't hide the tears of a desperate man There's a storm in the heartland She's leavin' me just like a restless wind And I can see my world is comin' to an end Like the sound of thunder angry words ring out again There's a storm in the heartland There's a storm in the heartland The love she gave was like a breath of spring Sweet and pure as a mountain stream I couldn't see the danger close at hand There's a storm in the heartland She's leavin' me just like a restless wind And I can see my world is comin' to an end Like the sound of thunder angry words ring out again There's a storm in the heartland There's a storm in the heartland There's a storm in the heartland

Lay me down the long white line Leave the sirens far behind me Paint my name in black and gold My heart my flame my heart my road My heartland fade across the line Heartland sing the faces shining In the failing failing failing Heartland make the places mine Clearly now the past mistakes The giant steps we had to take The path that ever promise made To die in dream dissolve and fade My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland Behind the lines a face that glimmers Still looking for a face that shines In the promise in the places I'm going to make them mine My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland heartland heartland My heartland-

I'm not the only one I'm not the only one I know what your thinking Honestly, your carefree Life on weekends is starting to tear us apart Honestly, why can't we Leave the nightlife for the lonely And spend your evening right beside me And when the drinks go down too fast You slow down baby It's time to come clean [Chorus] I'm not the only one I'm not the only one (I know what your thinking, I know what your thinking, I know what your thinking now) I'm not the only one I'm not the only one (I know what your thinking, I know what your thinking, I know what your thinking now Honestly, think clearly when conscious Feels unconscious And black and white perspective Turns to gray Honestly, sleep soundly but while you Fall asleep I'm leaving So enjoy all the things you're dreaming And when the drinks go down too fast You slow down baby It's time to come clean [Chorus] You hate what you don't know It's just a matter of time for you [Chorus]

Somewhere in the world now you're getting out of bed You're standing on your own feet to shake your sleepy head If you win you take the credit, if you lose you take the blame No one knows where you are and they never will again I can still remember the day you up and left I swear it was a moment I will never forget You said you'd take no prisoners, but that's just what you did You took my heart captive, hope you know that you are missed Welcome to your life, welcome to goodbye You see the big world through small town eyes Welcome to the point, the point of no return Let the past ignite and memories burn I say welcome to wherever you are I can see you in a doorway with the daylight flooding in It must have hid your secrets, I know more than I did then Looking back I should have noticed, there was a longing in your eyes And underneath the surface there's a truth you could not hide All the time we spent together, every night we stayed up late All the looks that I've forgotten and the plans we never made Do you ever wonder about everything you left? Do you question your decisions, do you ever second guess? Welcome to your life, welcome to goodbye You see the big world through small town eyes Welcome to the point, the point of no return Let the past ignite and memories burn I say welcome to wherever you are You are, you are, wherever you are Welcome to your life, welcome to goodbye You see the big world through small town eyes Welcome to the point, the point of no return Let the past ignite and memories burn I say, say Welcome to your life, welcome to goodbye You see the big world through small town eyes Welcome to the point, the point of no return Let the past ignite and memories burn I say, say welcome to wherever you are

Sally tells long for love, it started In new amsterdam, she's gone, gone Through change, gone through planes And magazines, and that is all, the Church bells ringing through her head, Some live life through the dotted line, some Bet the safe bet sounding off The good life, the one life, the whole Life, the old life, the lasting single Solitary world that you will know, The good life, the one life, the whole Life, the old life, the lasting single Solitary world that you will know This counsel's faltered enough, and Shadows drag through the dusk, and That's the way it always goes down Now this counsel's faltered enough, Back through the sin that you trust And that's the way it always, always Goes Chasing dreams and signing off, Through the haze that's given up, she's Gone, gone through change, gone Through flood and hurricane, and that Is all, sheltered victory's defeat a Martyr for belief in time, a martyr For a belief in life The good life, the one life, the whole Life, the old life, the lasting single Solitary world that you will know, The good life, the one life, the whole Life, the old life, the lasting single Solitary world that you will know This counsel's faltered enough, and Shadows drag through the dusk, and That's the way it always goes down Now this counsel's faltered enough, Back through the sin that you trust And that's the way it always, always Goes Our winter is long, too long for us Every year, and our blood is ice, ice Just like the roadway glare, the poor man Survives, the rich man sheds many Tears, whoever we are, we wish to God We were better here But no i won't say that, no i won't be There, i'm not the answer, i don't see Clear, i don't know, myself I don't know, myself, myself, And days feel like years