when hawks glide underwater      and salmon replace the unborn      the forgotten will rise from the oceans      nests of kelp all strewn in their horns      and whispering       "please take us back. please take us back. we've learned our lessons."            and kate will break in down here      without your seasons and fearless snow       and kate will break in down here      without your seasons and fearless bones      and white fanged foreverness       bare footed wilderness      green tangled gills need rest      and we can be forever blessed      we can be forever blessed      if we take the back roads like you said      if we take the back roads            and here on this pile of shell       i call out      to the pods all gathered like thunderheads      under-in our hands      crying with your songs like a peaceful death      please teach us release      teach me release            cause' kate will break in down here      without your seasons and fearless snow      and kate will break in down here      without your seasons and fearless bones      and white fanged foreverness      barefooted wilderness      green tangled gills need rest      and we can be forever blessed      we can be forever blessed      if we take the back roads like you said      if we take the back roads            and here on this pile of driftwood      i will       carefully string up       stick by stick       thin by thick       bit by bit      rib by rib      rib by rib       rib by rib       rib by rib       until a marble of you dances and chants      "in perfect balance take me back.       in perfect balance take me back.      i've learned my lesson."            and white fanged foreverness      barefooted wilderness      green tangled gills need rest      and we can be forever blessed      we can be forever blessed      if we take the back roads like you said      if we take the back roads