[Verse 1]
Red on the carpet floor is all forgiven or forever stored
In each lie we tell and in each silence that we choose not to fill
Truth is a part of me died when you said "I don't really want to be alive"
Time stood still and it hasn't really moved since

[Chorus]
As the torrents bend the tired pines, I cave in to what I can't make right
My shield, my shroud, does it clear or does it cloud?
My shield, my shroud, does it clear or does it cloud?
My breaker, my keeper, my breaker, my keeper

[Verse 2]
Your sorrow, your martyrdom, Lord knows I harbour some of the same darkness in my mind
Now the spaces seem to grow between the light
Frightened, fearful words, all that you swear, you believe you didn't deserve
All you decry, well, it's all been burned so deep inside my mind

[Chorus]
As the torrents bend the tired pines, I cave in to what I can't make right
My shield, my shroud, does it clear or does it cloud?
My thread, my way out, my only hope and all my doubt
My breaker, my keeper

[Bridge]
I was a shoe horn, I was a crowbar, I was your Ohio Blue Tip
I was your old man, I was a best friend, I was there and that is all
I was a shoe horn, I was a crowbar, I was your Ohio Blue Tip
I was your old man, I was a best friend, that was then and that is all
[Outro]
My breaker, my keeper
My breaker, my keeper
My breaker, my keeper
My breaker, my keeper