We Were Animals

When you wake up in the morning and you're feeling low
And you know a cup of coffee won't get you going
Shut your eyes and pretend you're thirty-two
We didn't know it then but we had it all
Our money hidden in a dresser drawer
A couple lovers in a basement shooting pool

We wanna go to where the getting's good
To plant some green and maybe chop wood
Have a baby and a plot of land
And in 2037 when she's twenty-one
With the moon still sickle and the yucca sun
Tattoo forgiveness on her hand

It feels like a song from the earth
To pull out a sword from a stone
Raise it high
Let it go

I thought I was gonna be the one that got away
But you held tight so I stayed
I can be the flower to your honeybee
I'll prop you up when you need it
I'm figuring out how to feed it
A hungering for what I used to be

It feels like a song from the earth
To pull out a sword from a stone
Raise it high
Let it go

A kingdom made of trees
Douglas firs and evergreens
Is it home or a dream?

If I leave and you wanna know the reason why
Look yourself in the weary eyes
You can't be wondering anymore

We stand in the eye of the storm
To pull out a sword from a stone
We sing in a song from the earth
Sing it loud
Let it go

A kingdom made of trees
Douglas firs and evergreens
Where the lines we've drawn between
What's home and a dream
Are fading

We were animals when we grew this
We're just animals going through this