[Verse 1] Boot prints on a broken road Sun’s a blade on rusted bone Thirty-five years of carrying ghosts Now it’s just me Red dirt And the crows Sand in the seams of my wedding ring Taste of metal in the back of my teeth I hear my own name on the heat Like it never once stopped speaking [Chorus] I came back to this desert To reclaim my soul Left it out past the wire Where the night ran cold I never thought I’d see this day But it’s been calling in my sleep So I’m walking through the dust and heat Searching for me Searching for me (oh) [Verse 2] Shrapnel hills and Joshua trees Still lean into the blistered breeze I pass the place my buddy fell Say his name Feel the old Old swell My hands still shake at every sound But my feet keep hitting this hollow ground If I buried who I used to be Then it’s time I dug him free [Chorus] I came back to this desert To reclaim my soul Left it out past the wire Where the night ran cold I never thought I’d see this day But it’s been calling in my sleep So I’m walking through the dust and heat Searching for me Searching for me [Bridge] Was I a coward when I left you here? Or just a kid with a mouth full of fear? I don’t want medals I don’t want praise I just want the part of me I gave away (hey) [Chorus] I came back to this desert To reclaim my soul If it takes my final heartbeat I won’t let go I never thought I’d see this day But the wind still knows my name So I’m standing where I used to bleed Searching for me Searching for me ‘Til me and that lost man finally meet
