[Intro] Harp and floor tom heartbeat Wind in the cracks [Verse 1] Seven, barefoot in the quarry dust, Father said, Don't talk to gods, they rust. I left you an offering, a white river stone, You took it, you thief, you kept it in your throne. [Verse 2] Seventeen, and Otto by the well, Said he'd carve my name in something that wouldn't fell. Said Wait for me - summer in his mouth, Then took the road south. I came to you that night with bleeding knees, Said If waiting is love, then what is he? You listened. Otto never did. [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I grew, I bled, I begged, I broke - Otto gone, and you never once spoke! [Chorus] SEVENTY SUMMERS I CAME TO YOUR FEET! TOLD YOU ABOUT OTTO, TOLD YOU ABOUT EVERY HEARTBEAT! YOU WATCHED ME BE A CHILD, A BRIDE, A MOTHER, A WIDOW! AND OTTO NEVER CAME BACK, BUT YOU NEVER LET GO! OH, TEACH A MOUNTAIN HOW TO WAIT! TEACH A MOUNTAIN HOW TO WAIT! [Verse 3] Forty, I brought her - my own, my blood, She said Mama, who is Otto? Was he good? I said Otto was a boy who loved the road, This one - this one loves only what erodes. Two stones now! His and mine at your feet, One from a liar, one from the deep. [Chorus] SEVENTY SUMMERS I CAME TO YOUR FEET! YOU COLLECTED MY LIFE LIKE PRAYER BEADS! OTTO PROMISED THE WORLD AND GAVE ME A YEAR! YOU PROMISED NOTHING AND YOU ARE STILL HERE! OH, TEACH A MOUNTAIN HOW TO WAIT! TEACH A MOUNTAIN HOW TO WAIT! [Bridge] IF YOU ARE LOVE, THEN SPEAK! IF YOU ARE STONE, THEN BREAK! OTTO TAUGHT ME HOW A MAN LEAVES! YOU TAUGHT ME HOW A MOUNTAIN STAYS! I HAVE LOVED WHAT CANNOT LOVE ME BACK! IT'S THE ONLY GOD THAT STAYED! IT'S THE ONLY GOD THAT STAYED! [Break] Silence Only breathing [Final Verse] My knees won't climb the hill tomorrow, Otto never did either, So I'm giving you back both stones. One for the boy who promised, One for the god who kept his promise by saying nothing at all. I loved the one who left, more than I should, I loved the one who stayed, like no one ever could. [Final Chorus] AND ON THE MORNING THAT YOU DID NOT COME, THE DESERT CRACKED! AND THE LION OPENED ITS MOUTH AT LAST! AND IT DIDN'T SAY OTTO - IT SAID YOUR NAME! IT SAID YOUR NAME! COME BACK! COME BACK! [Outro] One floor tom hit Ten seconds of desert wind
