Mmm... ohh... Mmm... ohh... Been on this road since the dark gave in Water in my boots and the cold gone under the skin And the road doesn't care where I said I'd be It just keeps on running out ahead of me I've been counting all the miles like they owed me something They don't owe me nothing I tried to think it through, every angle, every side Argued with the dead till the words dried up inside Got my reasons standing in a good straight row And not one of them will walk a man back home You can be the cleverest thing in the room And still lose Sometimes I feel nothing but tired Working till the well has dried Sometimes I lay down Not sure how to carry on until sundown Brother, you were standing in the floodwater with me Water took the valley, took the road, took the trees Nothing left to point at, nothing left that's good Home is not a place, it's whoever's in the flood Gave the good coat to a man out on the hill Left the keys, left the name, left the ring on the sill Nobody stopped me, nobody came And the morning came up just the same Strip a man down to the bone and the breath And see what's left Brother, you were standing in the floodwater with me Nothing in the whole wide world but the two of us to see And I'd have gone under, I'd have gone for good Home is not a place, it's whoever's in the flood No one gets out of this on their own Not one of us was built to go alone Put your weight on me, I'll put mine on you Hold on — that's the only thing that's true You're not my blood, but brother, you're my blood Brother, you were standing in the floodwater with me Snow came after, laid it quiet, laid it clean And I don't need much now, I don't need much at all Home is not a place, it's whoever's in the flood I'll carry you till sundown You carry me till sundown I'll carry you till sundown (mmm... ohh...) Till sundown
