There is a man inside a room in the forest

He sits alone upon the chair his father left him

In the dark, in the dark, in the dark with the radio on

The voice crackles when it says that God will save you

He will take you from the lonely life you're living

If you give, if you give, if you give up on what you want

The man stands and pours himself another bourbon

He stops and watches the birds through the winter windows

And the light, and the light from the morning dew

"I thought I love you and our love would be forever

How could I hit you, the only one who ever loved me?"

Said the man, said the man to his shadow

This is the world, this is the world we live in

It's not the one I choose but it's the one we're given

This is the world, this is the world we live in

And it's the winter windows that ends become beginnings

Yep!

As a boy he was taught he was the bad one

One that could heed the other, the protector

He will walk, he will walk, he will walk into the river

Sixty years held down by his brother

Ten years with the ghost of his father

And five years since he spoke, since he spoke to his only son

This is the world, this is the world we live in

It's not the one I choose but it's the one we're given

This is the world, this is the world we live in

And it's the winter windows that ends become beginnings

Yes, it's the winter windows that ends become beginnings