"Where you from?" she said
Staring a hole right through my traveler's halo
A worker bee on the threshold
In the throes of it
I ducked in from a dark cloud

Before I could think, a return to order

I glanced a messenger on her shoulder

A sort of dog in ink

And it held my attention

For just a second too long



And I said "Hey, coyote

How long can you stand in the doorway?

Hey, coyote

Paint me another way home"



You remind me of a dream that I forgot as I awoke

Yeah, you struck me like a thought I thought I had until I spoke

She asked my name

She said, "What's your name?"

And she wrote it on my cup



There's a separate metric here that comes with the territory

There's a sort of beacon where there used to be a dull roar

Cause if it beats, it bleeds

And if it bleeds, it leads

So I'll follow you



I said "Hey, coyote

How long can you stand in the doorway?

Hey, coyote

Paint me another way home"



If it's blood that lights the mind

When there's sugar in it

Maybe appetite's the father

If a child is born with wings and a raven's beak

You can lead a horse to water



I said "Hey, coyote

How long can you stand in the doorway?

Hey, coyote

Paint me another way home"