When You Call My Name

If all my lovers sing the big words
 And all my brothers keep them small
 Then I'll get lost in the difference
 Between their whisper and the echo of their call
 So I am headed for the ocean
 To let the sea smoke guide me in
 I'd give up my belongings and questions
 They only ever taught me to begin
 So I will not turn around as I step up to the train
 But I'll hear it when you call my name
 And I will not be the sound of your roof under the rain
 But I'll hear it when you call my name
 So I am takin' off my wristwatch
 To let the time move how I please
 To let my day be guided by the sunlight
 Through morning's mill and twilight's soft release
 So if you wanna get to know me
 Follow my smile down into its curves
 All these lines are born in sorrows and pleasures
 And every man ends up with the face that he deserves
 So I will not give you bread as you reach out from your cage
 But I'll hear it when you call my name
 And I will not give applause as you step off of the stage
 But I'll hear it when you call my name
 There's a river running through the city
 Gently reminding me what's what
 Of course, you are invited to come with me
 But I don't think that's really what you want
 I think you want a world that will hold you
 Through security and gravity, and love
 And I can't think of anyone who'd blame you
 And I can't think of how that'd be enough
 So I won't come back around
 When you curse the ground you've tamed
 But I'll hear it when you call my name
 And when you realize once I'm gone
 That I never really came
 Oh, I'll hear it when you call my name
 And when the burden of the sun reveals to you, its pain
 Oh, I'll hear it when you call my name
 And when you realize that you're wrong
 But you still give me all the blame
 I'll hear it when you call my name