[Intro] [acoustic guitar strumming, clean electric guitar lead] [bass and drums enter] (Ah-ah-ah-ah) [Verse 1] Before the names we gave to time I knew the contour of your ghost An ancient shape, a hollow paradise The space that I had feared the most I carried half a century of dust Walking through a neon modern grid An old soul trading in misplaced trust Until the canyon went quiet and you did [Chorus] I've seen you splintered by the sun Unaware of the medicine you bring In a world that's always trying to outrun You are the only honest breathing thing You don't need a temple or a spire Just a steady hand to hold the wheel When the highway loses its desire And the illusion ceases to feel real Not like the lightning, not like the fire But like a morning woodsmoke rising higher Soft and certain, an old world melody A promise written in the rings of the redwood tree [Chorus 2] Love, I am anchored to your shore (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Not for the fair weather but for the storm (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Through the quiet wilderness and the canyon floor Every ghost I used to be is keeping warm It ain't a sacrifice to bleed out the blue It's just the natural law of the path that I choose To the ancient rhythm, I am devoted [Verse 2] [acoustic guitar and piano] If time's a canyon river, wide and deep Then I'm the boulder that refused to roll While the rest of the world is fast asleep Chasing some fleeting modern gold I'm not worn down by the rushing stream Nor carried onward to the sea I'm just an old mind waking from a dream Finding exactly where I'm meant to be [Chorus 3] [full band enters] And when the skeptics ask us what we found We won't point to the stars or the sky We'll say it looked like dust on the ground It looked like the quiet truth in your eyes It looked like staying through the winter freeze When the easy birds have flown It looked like me falling to my knees Knowing I was finally home [Outro] Love, I am anchored to your shore Not for the fair weather but for the storm Through the quiet wilderness and the canyon floor Every ghost I used to be is keeping warm It ain't a sacrifice to bleed out the blue It's just the natural law of the path that I choose To the ancient rhythm, I am devoted Not for the applause, not for the stage Just the quiet truth of an older page A thousand lifetimes, a thousand miles of track Every single road is leading me back Leading me back to you Devoted, devoted, devoted I am devoted [electric guitar solo] I am devoted
