Shelter from the Storm [Live Astoria 88]-The Mission

[00:25.48]'twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood [00:30.13]when blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud [00:34.63]i come in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. [00:38.96]"come in," she said, [00:40.82]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [00:47.31]and if i pass this way again, you can rest assured [00:51.49]i'll always do my best for her, on that i give my word [00:55.61]in a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm. [00:59.99]"come in," she said, [01:01.13]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [01:09.19]not a word was spoke between us, there was no risk involved [01:13.76]nothing up to that point had even been resolved. [01:18.11]try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm. [01:22.15]"come in," she said, [01:23.25]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [01:34.51]i was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail, [01:39.21]poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail, [01:44.22]hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn. [01:47.64]"come in," she said, [01:48.65]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [02:00.22]suddenly i turned around and she was standin' there [02:04.33]with silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair. [02:08.52]she walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns. [02:13.05]"come in," she said, [02:14.04]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [02:38.64]now the bonds are broken, but they can be retied, [02:42.73]by one more journey to the woods, the holes where spirits hide. [02:46.74]it's a never ending battle for a peace that's always torn [02:51.24]"come in," she said, [02:52.91]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [03:04.53]well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount [03:09.03]but nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts [03:13.03]and the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn. [03:17.25]"come in," she said, [03:18.75]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [03:29.62]i've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove [03:33.29]and old men with broken teeth stranded without love. [03:37.94]do i understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn? [03:41.83]"come in," she said, [03:43.62]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [04:04.10]and now there’s a wall between us, something else been lost [04:08.44]i took too much for granted, i got my signals crossed. [04:15.31]and just to think it all began on an uneventful morn, [04:16.91]"come in," she said, [04:18.17]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [04:28.94]in a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes [04:33.10]i bargained for salvation an' she give me a lethal dose. [04:37.47]i offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn. [04:41.36]"come in," she said, [04:42.70]"i'll give you shelter from the storm." [05:03.47]well, i'm livin' in a foreign country but i'm bound to cross the line [05:08.09]beauty walks on a razor's edge, someday i'll make it mine. [05:11.89]if i could only turn back the clock to when god and her were born, [05:16.04]"come in," she said, [05:17.18]"i'll give you shelter from the storm."