The Way that Led to You

I slipped out as a pointless sun sulked in the winter sky
And I didn't know this way would lead to you
My path was frozen but I was surefooted in my pride
And I didn't know this way would lead to you
I heard your pleas as bonds of grief that wouldn't let me go
And I didn't know this way would lead to you
As the tissue tore on the severed chord I vowed to try alone
And I didn't know this way would lead to you

I plunged into a river seeking closure and renown
And as I cursed your birth I worried that I'd only let you down
But I told you "I'm an island now!" as I began to drown

Later on, when you were gone, I clambered back ashore
And I didn't know this way would lead to you
My muddy shoes left clues to where I stumbled stiff and sore
And I didn't know this way would lead to you
I clenched my fists and cried that I'd start reaping what you'd sown
And I didn't know this way would lead to you
And the world would stop evading me and cough up what it owed
And I didn't know this way would lead to you

Swayed my my own rhetoric, I rallied to my cause
I shaved my head down to the skin and bought the uniform
I was in the courtyard forming fours, roars bouncing off the walls
When my donkeys came to march me off to war

A veteran of errors made I stand before you all
And I didn't know this way would lead to you
I'm scarred from every prideful deed I'd planned before a fall
And I didn't know this way would lead to you

I seek a great communion of your congregated souls
To exorcise these demons screaming behind every note
That would have me gazing backwards until I turned into salt

Come gather round me now
Come gather round me now
Come gather round me now
Come gather round me now
Come gather round me now
Come gather round me now
And bring me home
So I can walk back out that door and come with you