Running on the grassland

Got you — big sky, no fences, just claw City lights got tired of me, and I got tired of them too Traded neon for horizons, traded concrete for the blue Gas tank said Nebraska, but my heart said “keep on going” ‘Til the road just disappeared where the *grassland* started growing And that’s when I saw him — no collar, no chain A *wolf* moving like prayer through the prairie rain Didn’t run from me, didn’t run to me Just looked right through me like he knew I’d be free And the wind said “girl, you’re home now” And the earth said “let it go” I’m *running on the grassland*, barefoot with a *wolf* at my side No walls, no warnings, just that wide open sky Heart’s beating thunder, matching his stride Every step a sermon I don’t have to hide Yeah we’re *running on the grassland*, where the wild things bide Me and that *wolf*, and the great divide Between who I was and who I am outside *Running on the grassland* tonight He don’t talk, but I hear him in the way the stems all bend He don’t lead, but I follow where the buffalo used to end Coyotes laugh from the edges, but they know not to come close ‘Cause a girl and a *wolf* on the *grassland* ain’t a thing to oppose Told him ‘bout the man who clipped my wings and called it love He just stared at the horizon till I remembered stars above Said “hunt or be hunted,” but out here there’s a third way Just be. Just run. Just let the gold fields have their say And the sun said “daughter, burn bright” And the *wolf* said nothing... but he stayed all night I’m *running on the grassland*, barefoot with a *wolf* at my side No walls, no warnings, just that wide open sky Heart’s beating thunder, matching his stride Every step a sermon I don’t have to hide Yeah we’re *running on the grassland*, where the wild things bide Me and that *wolf*, and the great divide Between who I was and who I am outside *Running on the grassland* tonight Maybe he’s real. Maybe he’s a ghost I made From all the lonely nights and the prices that I paid Maybe I’m the *wolf*, and he’s the part that got away Came back to show me how to run again, to stay... _Modulate up, leave it all out there_ I’m *running on the grassland*, barefoot with a *wolf* at my side No walls, no warnings, just that wide open sky Heart’s beating thunder, matching his stride Every step a sermon I don’t have to hide Yeah we’re *running on the grassland*, till the day that I die Me and that *wolf*, under God’s own eye Never felt more human than I do right now *Running on the grassland*... somehow... *Grassland*... *running*... *wolf*... still free...