I'm not here to follow you

I'm not here to lead you at all

I'm not here to doubt what you say

but do not take that  to mean 

I believe

How can it be?

How can it be?

That I can look forever,

and that's no promise that I'll see

can't ease my mind

I can't ease my mind

though I try

Oh lord I try.

The blade of grass bends in the storm

While the trees they fall one by one

The drop of water goes around the mountain

while it cuts a valley underneath

How can it be?

How can it be?

The line that save my love 

is now a noose around

I can't ease my mind

I can't ease my mind

though I try

Oh Lord I try.

If I ain't got it

and they don't want it

Lord won't see it's fit

that I be freed.

These words they weave

like a prayer in me

but such a cold thin cloth

against the winter of my mind

How can it be?

How can it be?

That I can look forever,

and that's no promise that I'll see

I can't ease my mind

I can't ease my mind

though I try

Oh how I try.