Hand On My Back

I move through the world like an arrow that flies Slicing the air as I'm mapping the skies And way deep down the echoes remain Memories sounding like rattling chains

But lately I think I am coming around I'm liking the feel of my feet on the ground And last night I stopped dead in these tracks Recalling your hand on the small of my back

The slightest brush but as powerful too As an electrical storm that's moving on through Then is gone as fast as it came, leaving nothing, Not even the rain

When I was younger how I took my time Folly and wisdom form points on a line From one to another with space in between For the lessons you learn & the dreams that you dream

But tell me what happens when dreams don't come true How you overcome some things until they overtake you Why you never got chosen, why you never felt claimed By some passion or person that is never explained

I come on quiet but I'm fierce as a lion Life will take us apart but we never stop trying To proceed as if whole and intact Like I felt with your hand on my back

Nothing can catch me when I'm moving fast Even those rattling chains of the past So I'll go like that arrow but with nowhere to land I am losing velocity, height and command

We all hit the ground, we all fall from the sky We burn up, we break up, we wreck and we cry But we're bound up together by sight and by pact That begins with the touch of your hand on my back