She pulls the blankets from my head
Climbs beneath and steals my breath
And we lay silent in the heavy Nashville air
We're in a room inside a house
Inside a city in the South
And I guess it's about as home as anywhere
Ooh, but her breathing sounds like the rain
Ooh, and I don't know how to be brave
To be her citadel
A castle she can run to when she's overwhelmed
A coat to keep her warm in winter's colder spells
I pack my gear and say goodbye
Slowly pull out of the drive
To sing these songs about the lives that people wear
I hear her whisper in my phone
And I hang up and sleep alone
This used to be about as home as anywhere
Ooh, but I don't know now 'cause it's pain
Ooh, but I don't know how to be brave
To be her citadel
A castle she can run to when she's overwhelmed
A coat to keep her warm in winter's colder spells
Without her, I'm a poem with no words
I need her like the doubt needs reassured
Like the earth without the rain begins to burn
She's my citadel
A castle I can run to when I'm overwhelmed
A coat to keep me warm in winter's colder spells
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