The air begins to feel a little thin As I start the car and then I begin
To add the miles piled up behind me I barely feel a smile deep inside me
And I begin to envy the headlights driving south I want to crack the door so I can just fall out
But then I remember when you packed my car
You reached in the back and buckled up your heart For me to drive away with
* I began to understand Why God died
The demon sat there waiting on her porch It was a little dark so he held a makeshift torch
And when my car was far out of sight He crept in her room and stayed there for the night
** And then I felt chills in my bones The breath I saw was not my own
I knew my skin that wrapped my frame Wasn't made to play this game
And then I saw Him, torch in hand He laid it out, what he had planned
And then I said, I'll take the grave Please, just send them all my way
( * )
The air begins to feel a little thin As we're waiting for the morning to begin
But for now you told me to hold this jar And when I looked inside, I saw It held your heart
For me to walk away with I began to understand Why God died