[Intro]

(One, two, three, four)

[Verse 1]

If it's late and you hear me calling tonight

But I ain't right there and you're wondering why

I've made my way to the severed seas

Where the sun burns hot and the wind does sing

[Verse 2]

Days away from where I left

There's Heaven-sent eyes in a pickup bed

I'm trying harder to get on back

But the tide's moving in and God's pushing the raft

[Verse 3]

A thousand miles have worn my feet

And the body I hold ain't getting sleep

Your sweet touch moving closer to me

Well, it ain't what I got, but it's what I need

[Chorus]

Hold on, my dear

'Cause I'm fighting like hell to face my fears

Someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here

And it'll burn like hell, but it might as well

Be the last time that you're in tears

I'm betting on a better year

[Verse 4]

I'm so far into so many things

Lord, I pray someday I'll earn my wings

I've seen hell and been through greed

That's a part of me I hope you do not meet

[Verse 5]

Waste my breath on things I hate

Like an ongoing trap that I'll never escape

But I hope the words that I do sing

Leave a mark on you like a wedding ring

[Chorus]

Hold on, my dear

'Cause I'm fighting like hell to face my fears

Someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here

And it'll burn like hell, but it might as well

Be the last time that you're in tears

I'm betting on a better year

[Post-Chorus]

I'm betting on a better year

[Outro]

You know I dug my grave

I was buried alive with my dying faith

Your heart beats where I lay

And through you, it seems I've found my way

My dear, you'll see one day

All I've done is for Heaven's sake