[Intro - instrumental, lonely strings] [Verse 1] I went in at dawn With a lantern and a name Just one day on my hands And a path through the flame The cave held still Like it knew my face I left my shadow there In that dark wet place [Pre-Chorus] Then I stepped back out And the sky was wrong My boots hit dust Where the road was gone [Chorus] Twenty years gone Twenty years gone One day in stone And the world moved on Twenty years gone Twenty years gone I called your names And the wind said none [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Mama at the gate With her hair gone white She held my cheek Like I came from night My brother laughed Then he turned away Said I’m a stranger now In a borrowed day Old friends on porches With polite little smiles They know my face But not my miles [Pre-Chorus] And the church bell rang Like a rusted chain I heard my own footstep But it felt чужд, it felt strange [Chorus] Twenty years gone Twenty years gone One day in stone And the world moved on Twenty years gone Twenty years gone I called your names And the wind said none [Instrumental] [Bridge] I found your chair By the window glass A crack in the frame Where the seasons passed Your words in the drawer Your coat in the hall I touched them slow Like I might not fall If I was the same Why did it break? Why do I stand Where the living shake? [Chorus] Twenty years gone Twenty years gone One day in stone And the world moved on Twenty years gone Twenty years gone I called your names And the wind said none [Outro] I came out whole But not unscarred A day in the cave Left twenty in my heart [Instrumental]
