On a dust-stained afternoon In a hall filled with emptiness By the roadside, I confess I was lost in the chapters Of a tale about the end Learning how we fade alone And if we're pure, we find some rest Wherever we may choose to roam In your shelter, I long to stay Room by room, I drift, I pray I'll wait for you there Like carved stone I'll wait for you there Alone And on my last breath, I will send A plea to stars, to ghosts, to men Like a seeker, whispering To whoever lets me in To a place I still recall Where I stood so long before The sky was bruised The rivers bled And there you took me by the hand In your shelter, I long to stay Room by room, I drift, I pray I'll wait for you there Like carved stone I'll wait for you there Alone Alone And as I read Until the light was gone I sat in the shadow Of everything I've done For all I've ever graced And all the wrong I've sown In dreams until my end I will wander on In your shelter, I long to stay Room by room, I drift, I pray I'll wait for you there Like carved stone I'll wait for you there Alone Alone