Standing on the Fault Line

Is it when the reservoir dries out

And the birds stop flying south

How we gonna know it's time to flee?

If we wait for a rainy day

When the opening sky just seems to say "stay"

We'll never leave

Standing on the fault line

Waiting for the ground to crack

Just put one foot in front of the other

Don't look back

Half our friends are moving out of town

They wanna own their own piece of ground

Follow the riverbed for miles

You only need a map when you're a stranger in the land

But I know this place like the back of my hand

Been here since I was a child

Now we're standing on the fault line

Waiting for the ground to crack

Just put one foot in front of the other

Don't look back

Wise old tree sends her roots down deep

Drinking up water for her soul to keep on standing

The crust of the earth, untouched by light

For centuries, the highway signs were fading

Doubling down in the dusty soil

Where the colonies of life unspoiled go on living

Cottonwood pile's been petrified

Everything buried in the landslide, remaining

Oh, what a sweet discovery

And a wise old woman you might be tomorrow

Standing on the fault line

Waiting for the ground to crack

Just put one foot in front of the other

Don't look back

Standing on the fault line

Waiting for the ground to crack

Just put one foot in front of the other

Don't look back