[Verse 1]
Boots sink deep in the frozen ground
Mud on our faces
Smoke all around
You pass me bread with a shaking hand
Say
"Son, Hold tight to whatever you can"
[Chorus]
We fight the dark with borrowed light
Side by side in the broken night
If this is where our last stand lands
I’ll meet my fate with your name in my hands
Father and son in a stolen time
Two shadows stuck on the same thin line
If I fall first
If you fall too
I’ll carry you home in the things that I do
[Verse 2]
Shells write fire on a paper sky
You shout my name as the dirt flies high
We dive together in the shattered rain
Your shoulder pressed to my ribs like a chain
You say
"If I go, Boy, Don’t stand still, Walk out of this with your stubborn will"
I see the fear that you try to hide
Same brown eyes as mine
Just a little more tired
[Chorus]
We fight the dark with borrowed light
Side by side in the broken night
If this is where our last stand lands
I’ll meet my fate with your name in my hands
Father and son in a stolen time
Two shadows stuck on the same thin line
If I fall first
If you fall too
I’ll carry you home in the things that I do
[Bridge]
Morning creeps in through the wire and bones
Rats and letters and dents in our souls
You show me a picture
Creased and worn
A baby boy in your arms by the door
"That was you"
you laugh through the cold
"All the reason I ever had to grow old"
Now we’re here
Same coat
Same name
Praying this mud forgets our faces and our age
[Chorus]
We fight the dark with borrowed light
Side by side in the broken night
If this is where our last stand lands
I’ll meet my fate with your name in my hands
Father and son in a stolen time
Two shadows stuck on the same thin line
If I walk out and you’re not through
I’ll carry you home in the things that I do
(yeah) I’ll carry you home in the things that I do
