Nightrunners

The song that inspired my tattoo...It's about the lives we envision for ourselves, and how they sometimes don't pan out the way we hope...But still we ride on

It was a rainy night

In that river bank park she sat alone

Praying for the night to save her

Or lightning to strike her throne.

She cried to me when I walked up "

“Will anything make this right?”

“Or am I just like the rest of them

Bound to live and die?”

And like a drop of rain

Lost in a storm,

We'll be what's left

Once the rain is gone.

I just held back

And watched brick turn to sand

Watched the ghosts die in my hands

And turn to mist over the land.

 

Chorus

And now they call me the night runner

They say I'm like ghost upon the shore,

Ride until the night goes black

In a desperate search for more.

 

And now they call us the night runners

We line like ghosts upon the shore,

We ride until the night fades,

Into the dim engine roar.

 

I guess we were lost somewhere between the seams.

Lost between the breeze and heat

Like a shirt between its sleeves.

She said, “Let’s go,

And things will never be the same."

And it's ok if we never go back.

I'm not sure if its a good idea to go

But I know its the last I have to save my soul."

And then one day

Sipping beer in the summer rain

You’ll tell me that you love me

And wonder if you were wrong.

It’ll be the life we dreamed of,

And there’ll be a slamming screen door,

I guess we beat that selfish nagging

Stabbing at us all.

 

Chorus 2

Now they call her the night runner,

She's like a ghost over the shore,

She rides until the night fades

Into the dim engine roar.

 

And now they call me the night runner

We line like ghosts upon the shore,

We ride until the night gives way,

To the dim engine roar.

Reviews

[minorfallmajorlift]

is there a video of this being performed somewhere? I'd really like to hear it.

[Shawn Purcell]

Hey. Thank you. Here's the link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5mu0KK-e5k