Stepped Away Back Then Lyrics

Stepped away back then when it got darkest

You'll never believe it, but I might be an artist

Can't finish what I've started

Can't change what doesn't need changing

Can't be any louder when we're all slowly fading

We've forgotten so much

But we remember more than we'd like

Just shaking our heads

Just shaking our days back into nights

Willing another door shut

Making each year feel like enough

One foot forward

Arms out for balance

Holding that humble carpenter's chalice

A last supper, shooting stars through eyelids

A humble finale

Tumbling down from mountain peak to flooded valley

Wires running between continents

We're so connected

No more objections

No more complaints

Free of censorship, free of restraints

Everything a little calmer

These seas are set for sailing

And that sunset's golden

Your hand is all I'm holding

Don't forget we were here

Don't forget each careless moment

Don't use those rose-colored lenses

Don't put up any more fences

Let the kids make mistakes

Let the sky have its grays

Let our freedoms remain

Accessible every day

While we dance boldly

We're almost floating

So close to floating

Yelling at the moon

Changing like seasons

And you're asking so many questions

How did you get here

Where are we going

But there's a window to the west

A few birds flying, a few birds building a nest

And when we look out we're blinded

Our eyes adjust, our spaces fill up

We settle down and see the outlines

It feels like magic but passing

So we click and twist dials

Leaning in to hear God speak

Leaning in to more coffee

Hovering over a moving target

Of a laboratory

Or the wet market

Oh God just bring us home

Oh God just bring us home

Oh God just bring us home

Oh God just bring us home