Heaven will know the place I go.
I carry it all the way I go.

Here, you miss what you had
You missed what was said
And it's really that bad
All of the things
We promised we'd say
The stories when we were older
We thought we'd tell

It's never coming out
It's never gonna change
It's never meant to stay the same for long
And we can't give it back
And so misunderstood
We laid beneath the pine trees and
Stared toward the sky
With the dark clouds above us
And the snow falling steadfast
To bury us beneath a bank
And you forgot
Just what it was
You held out your tongue
Bracing for the fall
Melting it there

And there was coal on my hands
And it was ten degrees below
And though it felt just like it should
We knew in time this all would pass
Without leaving any trace
And we would all of us forget
Save for the coldness on your tongue

Toss and turn, the damp set of sheets
You reach your lumbering arm
To touch the empty side and feel it’s still warm
Soft yellow frame on the door

Shown through the shades,
It just kept coming down
And in the morning it would cover
Every track we laid and there were angels
They had been sleeping in the snow

With every breath a white cloud would escape from your mouth,
Pushing up against your lungs,
Trying to free itself only to freeze
Did it knock you to your knees?
Oh, I know

(Push your hair gently to the back,
Down the stairs, all the lights go out,
Breathe your breath ‘til you get it back
Pound your chest, nothing's coming out)

Sleep my angel child,
There are eyes, dear, watching you
And oh, what has he done?
This young monster has played you for a fool
Stay close to me
For your father, dear, knows what's best for you
And when it comes, oh, when the flood comes,
It comes for him and you

(Heaven will know the place I go
I carry it all the way I go)

Sturdy hands shake you from your slumber
I am always watching over you dear,
Oh, child, you poor, poor child
You can trust me dear, I know it must be
Hard to see it just the way it is

(Push your hair gently to the back,
Down the stairs, all the lights go out,
Breathe your breath ‘til you get it back
Pound your chest, nothing's coming out
Further still, deep into the woods,
Calling out, listen to the ground,
Deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper still)

Heaven will know the place I go
I carry it all the way I go

May this satisfy the way your blood goes
Hanging upside down
Slumped against the wall
May we signify what can't be changed
The coldness of your breath, and it's waiting for you
To come back inside where it carries us on,
It will carry us on, I carry it on
We knew what was right, we knew where to hide
But still, it followed us into the woods
So dormant we lay, the earth starts to shake,
And wide, its mouth came up to swallow us whole

(Heaven will know the place I go
I carry it all the way I go
Chattering through your shattered bones
Til I get to bring you home
Stagnant and still, the river froze
Underneath the azure floes
Sure-footed step, and sliding slow
Underneath, the river flows
There is a place, a place I go
We'll carry it on, the place I go)