The Fastest Way Back Home

I should have seen you were coming,

I should have been prepared

After all, getting half of what you wish for isn't so rare

But still

I wasn't ready, you took my by surprise

You brought a light to my dark like a word from the wise

We fell in love in the summer, when the skies were clear

But I'm still wearing my coat from winter last year

I need to set my house in order, confess and cover my sins

I need to make a home for you before inviting you in

Weather wears the mountains right down into the sea

So I will stand in the rain until

I am clean

Rivers carve the country, a landscape shaped by a stream

So I will swim in the river as long as you need

Darling, oh my darling, you know that everything that

I doIs to try and make me good enough for you

Darling, oh my darling, you know that everywhere that

I goI'm just trying to find the fastest way back home