Lyrics (click to expand)
“Harmonica key B flat”
(INTRO)
(Instrumental)
(A slow, steady acoustic figure
Unchanging, almost circular
Like walking without counting steps)
(VERSE 1)
Morning settles on the road
Dust hangs low in early light
A mile marker leans and waits
Nothing asking me to hurry
(CHORUS)
I keep walking through the hours
Like a shadow in the sun
I keep walking through the hours
Till the day forgets my name
(VERSE 2)
Time moves sideways through the trees
Leaves repeat what’s already gone
Every face I’ve ever known
Drifts like smoke and settles softly
(CHORUS)
I keep walking through the hours
Like a shadow in the sun
I keep walking through the hours
Till the day forgets my name
(VERSE 3)
Some nights echo with old voices
Some nights rest beside me still
Different warmth, a different shape
Same quiet beating underneath
(CHORUS)
I keep walking through the hours
Like a shadow in the sun
I keep walking through the hours
Till the day forgets my name
(OUTRO)
Walking through the hours
Through the hours
Walking through the hours
Walking through the hours
Lyrics (click to expand)
(INTRO)
(acoustic pattern repeats)
(no words)
(time slows)
(VERSE 1)
Pavement – fading west
Dust on the windshield
Pines lean inward
Boots in the backseat
Sun on the shoulder
Map folded quiet
(CHORUS)
I walk with the open land
I breathe what I don’t understand
No one holding my hand
Just the open land
(VERSE 2)
Shadows stretch longer
Ridge lines soften
Light slips sideways
Through yellow grass
Wind talks low
Like it knows me
(CHORUS)
I walk with the open land
I breathe what I don’t understand
No one holding my hand
Just the open land
(VERSE 3)
Miles move inward
Thoughts thin out
Old names drift
Then let go
Something listens
When I stop
(CHORUS)
I walk with the open land
I breathe what I don’t understand
Something holding my hand
In this open land
(OUTRO)
Open land
Open land
Something holding my hand
Open land
