It's dark and it's quiet in my house tonight

Babies are all gone to sleep

It's hard to imagine a better life

Than the one I get to lead

I had a glass of wine but my mind is clear

These walls they talk to me

Don't blink an eye, you're a young man now

But you won't always be.

My blood and my bones

My heart and my hands

They try to hold all of this in

But I'm running to you like a west texas wind

Singing god I need you, oh, how I need you

God I need you again.

I've learned to hide my fear in my bones

My body don't shake like the kids

But I'm easily scared and often confused

I rarely know what I did.

I've made mistakes and even worse than that

I've hurt the ones that I love

I wish that peace could find me here

But it seldom ever does.

My blood and my bones

My heart and my hands

They try to hold all of this in

So I'm running to you like a west texas wind

Singing god I need you, oh, how I need you

God I need you again.

I'm in the shadows of heaven and earth

Maybe they should be the same

But my earthly body is bound and conflicted

And I'm left feeling the pain.

This house is not our only home

You can't protect love with stone

God I know you can hear me

So please come near me

I'm ready to let the world go.

My blood and my bones

My heart and my hands

They try to hold all of this in

So I'm running to you like a west texas wind

Singing god I need you, oh, how I need you

God I need you again.