Josh Ritter The Throne
If you're past tired
There is a throne for you
Whether the first or last to the fire
There is a throne for you
Though at night you are deviled
By the angels you're wrestlin'
No strength left to grieve
Let alone give confession
Here's all I know
What I come here to share
I have been to the throne
And there was nobody there
If you're laid low
There is a throne for you
Even though you sold your soul
There is a throne for you
The weather the news
The self-isolation
The loss of the muse
The disinformation
We're made to take burdens
Never meant to be shouldered
Ain't no one so strong
That the world's just a boulder
The past ain't the past
You find that so maddening
Like it's already happened
Look around you it's happening
There are those who don't know
What it is they're defending
They ain't been to the throne
They don't know that it's empty
Though you lost your faith
There is a throne for you
Though you've been cast by the way
There is a throne for you
What kind of a god
Could the world take after
What father of daffodils
Slavery and laughter
We take our first breath
From then on we're drowning
Ain't no wonder the heart beats
Itself to death pounding
No time to forgive
No time to forget or
Time to consider
Which angels are better
The war is too big
For any one man to win it
I have been to the throne
And there was nobody in it
So if you are wild
There is a throne for you
Whether untouchable or defiled
There is a throne for you
Come and sit by this fire
They claim that we've stolen
Not a thing they could buy
Could ever shine quite as golden
Come and sit by this fire
We won it to share
Though we're sinners and liars
New world's gotta start somewhere
We're just skin and bones
Ain't a one of us magic
I have been to throne
The throne never had it
We're just skin and bones
In that there is power
I have been to the throne
If we want it it's ours
I have been to the throne
If we want it it's ours
