Peace In The Valley
Dawes Lyrics

I think these walls have a message or have changed
I believe the walls around me have transformed or have a story to tell.

Which it is I can't decide.
But I am unsure which is true of the two possibilities.

So I leave with the writer that remains
Therefore, I depart with the one who has the remaining story to tell.

And let him tell me what his better days were like.
And I listen to him describe his best days.

And I sit with the memory of kings
I dwell on the memory of royalty.

With only words to criticize
But I have only words to scrutinize and judge them with.

As if I finally found the antidote for pain
As if I discovered the solution to all suffering.

Without knowing what that's really like.
When I have never really experienced it myself.

And our actor ends his love song
Our performer finishes singing about love.

And all these lovers sit and stare.
And all the audience members look on with admiration.

If I don't find peace in the valley
If I fail to find inner peace in my journey.

It's cause there wasn't any there.
It's because there was none to be found in that place.

I will move somewhere the ocean's never seen.
I will relocate to a destination where the sea has never touched.

Somewhere weeds just make their claim
A place where weeds thrive unbothered.

Where my best friends exist only on screen
Where my closest companions are only visible on a screen.

Where my love all fits in frame
And where my love can only be captured through a camera lens.

But I want fire tumbling out into the night
However, I crave the passion and intensity that comes with being alive.

I want you to know why you hold me close
I want you to understand the reason for holding me in your arms.

Pull the quarter from my ear, or say you tried
I implore you to perform magic tricks or at least attempt to.

I need magic or the holy ghost.
For I require the inexplicable and mysterious to fulfill me.

And as I drive on through these canyons
While I journey through these canyons.

I'm still feeling like a crook
I still feel like a criminal.

If I don't find peace in the valley
If I still cannot acquire inner peace.

I've got no place else to look.
Then I will have exhausted all other options.