The Downside

If you see me on the outside
Will you show me where to go?
If you saw me on the downside
Would you keep me from the cold?
Purposefully organic
The road before unwinds
I need your gracious havoc
To see me through this time

I've been nothing but a wanderer
You've been so much like a home
Though I hear the road beckon
Never shall it feed the love I've known
Patiently manic
You meander my mind
I need your gracious havoc
To see me through this time

Now I'm off to fight the foreign
Gone to lands I'll never know
Like my father and before him
In my blood I left you long ago
Modern day black magic
I hear the bullets whine
I need your gracious havoc
To see me through this time

When you pull me from the trenches
Place your hand above my heart
Though it's less than you expected
In our dreams I'll never be that far

You may wish you'd never held me
You may wish you'd never loved
Though my enemies have felled me
My sacrifice won't make me deserved of
Pitifully romantic
You hold me one more time
I need your gracious havoc
To help me find

If you see me on the outside
And you show me where to go
When you save me from the downside
You will keep me from the cold