A Map of Shadows - Carrie Newcomer

It's four in the morning the last dregs of the evening

I sit and rock on the front porch swing

Til the morning sky starts bleeding

It's cool and it's quiet bats and owls lay down beside it

Mourning doves breathe a sigh as a shadow passes by

Well well well

It's so hard to tell

There's a line between the light and dark

Between heaven and hell

Well well well well well well

It's not easy to see

What's out there on my left or right

Or what's right in front of me

There is magic in the dawning

A black and white Escher drawing

Night pivots on it's axis and turns into the day

Devils close down shop and move along

Angels wink and slide familiar palms

And say Good night good luck till the day comes round

And out on the other side

Well well well

It's so hard to tell

There's a line between the light and dark

Between heaven and hell

Well well well well well well

It's not easy to see

What's out there on my left or right

Or what's right in front of me

Well well well

It's so hard to tell

There's a line between the light and dark

Between heaven and hell

Well well well well well well

It's not easy to see

What's out there on my left or right

Or what's right in front of me

It's beyond my understanding

So much depends on where you're standing

Yet I hold it up into the light

To take a better look

And I've been plenty wrong before

Chose the tiger behind the door

But it always seems to make more sense

In the pale morning air

Well well well

It's so hard to tell

There's a line between the light and dark

Between heaven and hell

Well well well well well well

It's not easy to see

What's out there on my left or right

Or what's right in front of me