Rural Legends

In the candlelight, behind closed doors
(These are the stories we tell in the dark)
Unlike our friends, we carry on
(The burden of our fathers with us)

And all the poets that you have met
(Almost convinced you that it wasn't true)
But they can't deny the crushing weight
(Picked up your pen to strike them through)

And now you know all the tales and the myths
Were nothing but some false prophecies
It's hard to breathe when you realise you have to leave

In order to find your home and peace
That you couldn't find between the trees
It's cold but believe you are writing your own rural legends
(rural legends, rural legends)
Word by word you write your rural legends
(rural legends, rural legends)
Page by page you write your rural legends

You moved away to a foreign land
(Out of tree shadows into city lights)
At the discotheque he held your hand
(Made the burden that you carried die)

It's bittersweet the way it tastes
(When his kisses slowly burn your church down)
The more you try the less it hurts
(To admit you've found your holy ground)

And now you know all your tales and your myths
Were real, my God, you feel it happening
It's hard to breathe when you know it's how it's supposed to be

You've found your home and peace
That you couldn't find between the trees
It's new but believe you have become your own rural legend
(rural legends, rural legends)
Word for word you are your rural legend
(rural legends, rural legends)
Page for page you are your rural legend

They'll pass down stories of our loving, baby
They'll carve our names into tree barks and maybe
We'll live forever in their loving memory
(Just how we wanted)

We've found our home and peace
That we couldn't find between the trees
It's new but believe we have become our own rural legends
(rural legends, rural legends)
Word for word we are our rural legends
(rural legends, rural legends)
Page for page we are our rural legends