From the recording Horse Thief
Credits:
Kristina Stykos: vocals, guitars, keyboard
Jeff Berlin: drums
Lyrics
Heart in the Wreckage
© 2014 Kristina Stykos/Horse Thief Publishing/BMI
Brother, your mercy
for the way I’m crying
seeking consolation
Brother, your patience
in my hour of need
my children
are so far from me
Brother your shoulder
and your even hand
when my body needs you
to be a man
Brother your silence
and your listening
for the heart
in the wreckage
It doesn’t seem wrong
baby what’s love for
If it ain’t for this
I don’t want it anymore
You know I can’t be strong
Every single day
You got to hold the light
Until the darkness goes
Brother, your anger
you can lay it down
my gentle tears
are no enemy
Brother, stop yourself
from losing ground
and killing off
all that’s good in me
It doesn’t seem wrong
baby what’s love for
If it ain’t for this
I don’t want it anymore
You know I can’t be strong
Every single day
You got to hold the light
Until the darkness goes
Brother, your words
don’t know what they say
they find no peace
in their reckoning
Brother, I see him
he who knows the way
without his mind
to the heart
in the wreckage
It doesn’t seem wrong
baby what’s love for
If it ain’t for this
I don’t want it anymore
You know I can’t be strong
Every single day
You got to hold the light
Until the darkness goes