Safe Place to Land

I was a girl you couldn't define
At a time when you kept yourself locked up
With no way out
You'd make sure you'd never be found
It was working a little too well

It felt like a dream when we drove to Nebraska
Only to find you don't drive to Nebraska
You only drive though
'Cause there ain't nothing there
So we kept going, going, going
And it's not what you said but the way that your hand
Out the window like an airplane needs a safe place to land
I wanted to talk to ya
But all I could hear
Was the chatter of static
And my doubts and fears

And we wanted to turn back but I saw a sign
Sometimes there are ways of reading the invisible
You said to me "Life shifts like the sand"
And I told ya
"I think you might be my safe place to land"

We're not of the world where to feel secure
You gotta have walls to paint
Fences to mend
Strategies to defend
Places to hide
When there's no guarantee
Oh, the ways of the heart
Can be fragile and free

I waited to ask you
It was never my plan
Don't answer too quickly
You might misunderstand
But I think you might be
My safe place to land