The Poison and the Medicine (Live)

Thank you for coming today
No one else I know can heal me this way
You traveled hill and dale
City by bus and city by rail
Now you're back in her arms again
My own holy grail

I drink you in, salt water and cinnamon
I drink you in, salt water and cinnamon
The poison and the medicine

You carry what you carry is no business but yours
You conceal and feel safety and I pray you are
You carry what you carry grows heavier each time around
I pray for the day when we all may lay our arms to the ground

But until then, salt water and cinnamon
Until then, the poison needs the medicine

I try to be brave in the face of all that could give
Right out from under my feet you know, nothing is solid
I try to be brave in the face of all that could give
But I have been known to fall prey to my own
Stompin' and cryin'

I drink it in, salt water and cinnamon
I drink it in salt water and cinnamon
The poison needs her medicine

My body already knows more than I ever did
Hungry for truth she will fast in the face of falsehood
My body already knows more than I ever can
She's a giver and taker of untold joys and sufferings

I drink you in, salt water and cinnamon
I drink you in, salt water and cinnamon
The poison, and the medicine