Mary Chapin Carpenter The Swords We Carried lyrics

Back when I believed in luck and storms and crosses,
I'd put a coin found on the streets toward cosmic losses,
And passing graveyards in a car, tracing every falling star
Luck was never very far from childhood causes
Pennies kissed with wishes arced into the fountains
Time was said to heal all pain and hope move mountains
And all that could befall a heart or break this perfect life apart
The swords we carried could not do a thing about them.

Where I am going?
Where I am gone?

Ghosts and angles are but memories and visions
Revenants are out there taking up positions
Back when I believed in you, you'd raised the sun and set the moon
How could I help but love you holy as religion?

Where you are going?

Where you are gone?

Back when I believed in luck and words as spoken
I found a lie could break and split the world clean open
And grief became my company, pain, so deep I could not breathe
All betrayal is like dying in slow motion.

Is it luck that makes us shout or makes us whisper?
Is it luck that makes us wise or turns us bitter?
With our maps that point true north, with our vows we sally forth
The swords we carry can't protect us from each other

Where we are going?
Where we are gone?