Divided Sky Lane - The Mountain Goats

Five years now since they dissolved our crew

Since the fence went up that I can’t cut through

Grass grown high on the former site

Of the carefully tended garden we visited late at night

See how the cracked moon climbs high

In the divided sky

Much blood shed in the phantom zone

I’m a civilian now, I can’t go home

Sweep my front steps at dark each night

Tongue, swollen with prayer, stomach unbearably tight

See how the cracked moon climbs high

In the divided sky

Though the frost bites hard, I maintain my guard

Good spies grow old, they never come in from the cold

Full information blackout

From the field, for me, I know

I will some day learn how to let you go

Clench and unclench my fingers

Get it right some day

Find the place where the memories go dark

And they stay that way

See how the cracked moon climbs high

In the divided sky