Jacket Lyrics

Ohhhh child, you'll come running

You'll come running

When the Lord calls you home

My first love was just like a jacket

I wore through the winter, lost in the spring

My next love, she caused such a racket

I tried to forget her, but I still hear her sing

The one after that was like fire to fallen

Leaves on the ground, set my flesh all ablaze

Lord I've been blessed, there's still one more yet

I hang on the letter as she turns the page

Hellfire on high, build me a pillar as tall as the sky

Our pyre's run dry, we'll fill her up before first light

I watch as the seasons drift slowly together

For worse or for better, from snowfall to mud

Like seeds in the soil soaking up the sun

Wait for the river to become the blood

And fall through the sky, live our lives 'til we die

Reach for the soil, return to our home

And blessed are we to become what we'll be

Shed the light, we might see through the flesh and the bone

My old man was just like an anchor

Clung to the floor while the current swept by

His old man, he wasn't much better

Stomped like a storm in the still of the night

And God bless my mother for sailing a shipwreck

Treading the water 'til we touched the shore

And lost in the cold as tomorrow unfolds

We'll wait for daybreak, then we'll brace for war

Hellfire on high, build me a pillar as tall as the sky

Our pyre's run dry, we'll fill her up before first light

Love are you listening? Coz my tongue's still dripping

Words in the water, phrases afraid

And I know I'm different but something's still missing

I feel like I'm not quite asleep or awake

And yes I've grown tired of beating a dead horse

Feeding the chorus with verses cliché

But love what's the difference? I know you ain't listening

You're doing much better without me these days

Hellfire on high, build me a pillar as tall as the sky

Our pyre's run dry, we'll fill her up before first light