Panics Get Us Home Lyrics

I’ve seen his face before 
and I wonder what it means 
three lonely fi gures standing at my door 
and one he spoke to me 
with a letter from my home 
and a fever in his eyes 
a chill went through my bones 
and I bid my host goodbye 
he gave me no reply 
and I never looked behind 
You’ve gotta get us home right now 
There’s no comfort in the cradle where 
we sleep 
It’s a land of dark and wide 
It won’t let us survive for free 
I made my way on trains 
through the brick and the lanes 
where the burnt wrecks lay dead on 
the plains 
and it leaves your heart the same 
but it must be in disguise 
if in this distance is my prize 
out here sometimes it can play a cruel trick 
on the mind 
it’s playing one on mine 
You’ve gotta get us home right now 
There’s no comfort in the cradle where 
we sleep 
It’s a land of dark and wide 
It won’t let us survive for free 
You’ve gotta get us home 
you’ve gotta lay it in stone