WORDS - COUNTRY I ONCE KNEW

*released on "Country I Once Knew"

Though it's well into the spring
The lakes are cold as ice
If I couldn't think of a metaphor
That'd sure be nice
In the country I once knew so well
So Much, so much has changed
Yet so much looks the same
And so many faces I've never seen before
Walk familiar streets
In the country I once knew so well

I find, I find it so strange
That will all the thrill that I feel
There's much pain and sorrow
That still hasn't had the time to heal
In the country I once knew so well
The roads are patched with black ice
Buildings stand frozen in the air
And the sun is hidden by grey clounds
People wander with chapped stares
In the country I once knew so well

Friends among friends I once knew
It's so hard to reunite
I wish, I wish, I wish I knew why
These words are hard to recite
In the country I once knew so well
There's love, there's love and memories
That are hard to unveil
No matter how much I try to hide
There's no escaping, I have failed
In the country I once knew so well

Maybe it's on me for leavin'
But I didn't do it alone
But I think, I think that's a lie
I'm lost in the town I called home
In the country I once knew so well