Lyrics
Do you hear me when I cry out your name
Expressing a plea to be heard when calling out a name.
From way across the country
Describing a significant distance, emphasizing separation.
Got nothin to offer you and even less to say
Acknowledging a lack of material possessions and words.
But I'm beggin you to hear from me
Pleading to be listened to despite limitations.
I'm going back to Paradise Valley, Montana
Stating the intention to return to Paradise Valley, Montana.
To find that river just off the road
Searching for a specific river off the road in Paradise Valley.
I could stand a baptize'n since we left Montana
Expressing a desire for spiritual renewal through baptism.
I've seen more of Hell than I care to know
Reflecting on challenging experiences, having seen hardships.
Face down in the city and I'm so far from home
Describing a sense of vulnerability and displacement in the city.
Someone's layin next to me but I'm all alone
Feeling alone despite physical proximity to someone.
Its been so long since Ive heard my own name
Expressing a longing for personal recognition and identity.
Or recognized a single time or place
Describing a disconnection from familiar places and times.
Or recognized a single line in my face
Highlighting the lack of recognition in one's own appearance.
Do you hear me when I twist, tear and shake
Questioning if the emotional turmoil is being noticed.
Condemned as these walls that hardly stand
Comparing personal struggles to unstable walls.
Back in the midwest just as the dawn would break
Recalling memories from the Midwest as dawn breaks.
You held me to the Promise Land.
Connecting a past promise to the listener holding the speaker.
Now all that I've got left is an old scrap of fabric
Referring to a remaining piece of fabric as a symbol of the past.
Just some shirt, use to be yours
Noting the fabric as an old shirt that used to belong to the listener.
It use to hold you and separate us at the skin
Highlighting the fabric's role in physically separating the speaker.
It can't do that any more
Noting that the fabric no longer serves its previous purpose.
Now it just lays there on the floor
Describing the fabric's current state of being discarded.
I'd give anything to be stranded with you now
Expressing a willingness to be in a challenging situation with the listener.
In the back seat of that car thats broken down
Describing a desire despite lacking material offerings.
I'd give anything but I've got nothin to give
Acknowledging a lack of resources in the city lifestyle.
And this city life's a lonely way to live
Reflecting on the loneliness associated with urban living.
I'm going back to Paradise Valley, Montana
Reiterating the intention to return to Paradise Valley, Montana.
To find that river just off the road
Expressing the search for a specific river in the mentioned location.
It'll happen one of these days I swear
Anticipating a positive change or resolution in the future.
I swear, just as soon as I'm ready to go
Reaffirming the commitment to return home when ready.
It'll happen one of these days I swear
Repeated anticipation of a positive change in the future.
One of these days I'm come'n home.
Affirming the determination to return home in the future.
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