[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:25.48]'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood [00:30.13]When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud [00:34.63]I come in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. [00:38.96]"Come in," she said, [00:40.82]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [00:47.31]And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured [00:51.49]I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word [00:55.61]In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm. [00:59.99]"Come in," she said, [01:01.13]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [01:09.19]Not a word was spoke between us, there was no risk involved [01:13.76]Nothing up to that point had even been resolved. [01:18.11]Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm. [01:22.15]"Come in," she said, [01:23.25]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [01:34.51]I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail, [01:39.21]Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail, [01:44.22]Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn. [01:47.64]"Come in," she said, [01:48.65]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [02:00.22]Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there [02:04.33]With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair. [02:08.52]She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns. [02:13.05]"Come in," she said, [02:14.04]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [02:38.64]Now the bonds are broken, but they can be retied, [02:42.73]by one more journey to the woods, the holes where spirits hide. [02:46.74]It's a never ending battle for a peace that's always torn [02:51.24]"Come in," she said, [02:52.91]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [03:04.53]Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount [03:09.03]But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts [03:13.03]And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn. [03:17.25]"Come in," she said, [03:18.75]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [03:29.62]I've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove [03:33.29]And old men with broken teeth stranded without love. [03:37.94]Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn? [03:41.83]"Come in," she said, [03:43.62]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [04:04.10]And now there’s a wall between us, something else been lost [04:08.44]I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed. [04:15.31]And just to think it all began on an uneventful morn, [04:16.91]"Come in," she said, [04:18.17]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [04:28.94]In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes [04:33.10]I bargained for salvation an' she give me a lethal dose. [04:37.47]I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn. [04:41.36]"Come in," she said, [04:42.70]"I'll give you shelter from the storm." [05:03.47]Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line [05:08.09]Beauty walks on a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine. [05:11.89]If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born, [05:16.04]"Come in," she said, [05:17.18]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."