On a dust-stained afternoon
In a hall filled with emptiness
By the roadside, I confess
I was lost in the chapters
Of a tale about the end
Learning how we fade alone
And if we're pure, we find some rest
Wherever we may choose to roam

In your shelter, I long to stay
Room by room, I drift, I pray
I'll wait for you there
Like carved stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone

And on my last breath, I will send
A plea to stars, to ghosts, to men
Like a seeker, whispering
To whoever lets me in
To a place I still recall
Where I stood so long before
The sky was bruised
The rivers bled
And there you took me by the hand

In your shelter, I long to stay
Room by room, I drift, I pray
I'll wait for you there
Like carved stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone

Alone

And as I read
Until the light was gone
I sat in the shadow
Of everything I've done
For all I've ever graced
And all the wrong I've sown
In dreams until my end
I will wander on

In your shelter, I long to stay
Room by room, I drift, I pray
I'll wait for you there
Like carved stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone

Alone