There is a man inside a room in the forest He sits alone upon the chair his father left him In the dark, in the dark, in the dark with the radio on
The voice crackles when it says that God will save you He will take you from the lonely life you're living If you give, if you give, if you give up on what you want
The man stands and pours himself another bourbon He stops and watches the birds through the winter windows And the light, and the light from the morning dew
"I thought I love you and our love would be forever How could I hit you, the only one who ever loved me?" Said the man, said the man to his shadow
This is the world, this is the world we live in It's not the one I choose but it's the one we're given This is the world, this is the world we live in And it's the winter windows that ends become beginnings Yep!
As a boy he was taught he was the bad one One that could heed the other, the protector He will walk, he will walk, he will walk into the river
Sixty years held down by his brother Ten years with the ghost of his father And five years since he spoke, since he spoke to his only son
This is the world, this is the world we live in It's not the one I choose but it's the one we're given This is the world, this is the world we live in And it's the winter windows that ends become beginnings Yes, it's the winter windows that ends become beginnings