This Is Where

The wind howls 'cross the ice floes
 Send the frozen snow skimming
 A river on a river hardened over
 It doesn't know the way it's going
 Is it north or south or westward
 It just glides across the shoreline 'til it's over
 You came for me in fast forward
 On a claim for something ordered
 A way through and past the history that held you
 I'd tell my own story through you
 Tell it loud to never lose you
 A moth caught be the flame it could cannot measure
 And there we go again, wishing something bolder
 Trying to push and pull inside this moment
 Trying to mold this life within our hands
 This is where the whole world keeps on turning
 This is where we come undone... undone
 Will they measure me by branches
 Count the rings and take my ashes
 Mark the ground where I fell and carry on
 Or will we bite against the silence
 Fill our days with noise and violence
 Not recognize our hearts when we are done
 There we'll go again wishing something bolder
 Trying to push and pull inside this moment
 Trying to mold this life within our hands
 This is where the whole world keeps on turning
 This is where we come undone
 We don't know where it's going
 Is it north or south or westward
 It just glides across the shoreline 'til it's over