Molly Millwood

Lyrics for all original songs on Something Even Wilder are below.  Copyright 2019 Molly Millwood, all rights reserved.

(If you're looking for lyrics for the four cover songs, those can be found elsewhere on the web)

 

HILLS OF HOME

The flowers are growing wild around the bend 

Their secrets are carried on the wind 

And something even wilder grows within 

It keeps me walking 

even when night’s closing in 

 

The ways of the world can make you cold 

The same stories too many times told 

But the whispers of the woods pull me in 

The wind moves through me 

until I’m alive again 

 

(Chorus): I may wander but I’m not lost 

           I’ve got hills to climb and streams to cross 

           Every burden I’ve carried 

           Will soon be buried 

           Here in these hills of home 

 

A silver moon is rising through the trees 

I’ve known no years sweeter than these 

Like the willow weeps and the wild river sings 

My heart is free here 

I know now what home really means 

 

(Chorus) 

 

The light in the barn beyond the creek 

That once burned bright now is growing weak 

The poet told us nothing gold can stay 

So I keep walking 

I know no other way 

 

(Chorus) 

 

HOLD BACK THE DARK 

Her mama died when she was just a girl of three 

She never knew the reason why 

Her daddy cried about the way things used to be 

He never looked her in the eye 

 

She used to wander through the sleepy streets of town 

Thinking sometimes good can come from bad 

Until the hands of a boy who held her down 

Stripped her of what little faith she had 

 

(Chorus):  She stood alone and felt her body turn to stone 

           She let the cold pierce her bones 

           She felt the rising of the walls around her heart 

           Because she had no one to hold her 

           No one to hold back the dark 

 

When she was grown she made a family of her own 

Thinking she could leave the hurt behind 

But she found the only kind of man she’d ever known 

The kind with leaving on his mind 

 

Hard as she tried, she could not crawl out of her skin 

When they laid their baby in the ground 

She looked to him to keep her heart from caving in 

But he walked away without a sound 

 

(Chorus x2) 

 

ARMOR 

Where there’s a will, there’s a way 

Time heals all, so they say 

But you’ve got a hurt that just won’t end 

And a heart I can’t mend 

 

You’re carrying the load on your own 

Crying your tears all alone 

The hours and the years disappear 

And you won’t let me near 

 

(Chorus):  You can try to stare your demons down 

           Burn the whole damn house down to the ground 

           Howl at the moon and make your wildest sound 

           But it’s the armor you’re still carrying around 

           That pulls you down 

           Pulls you down 

 

Inside your head a thunder roars 

Broken glass and slamming doors 

You grew up fast and tried to run 

But the damage was done 

 

(Chorus) 

 

Like a shipwreck washed ashore 

Tells of a storm that came before 

I see the wreckage where it lies 

Deep in the ocean of your eyes 

 

(Chorus) 

 

ON BORROWED WINGS 

All my life I was lonely 

Until you came around 

You were my first and only 

You sent my walls tumbling down 

 

You came to me seeking shelter 

And I thought you’d make me whole 

Oh how I wish I’d known better 

Than to give you that kind of control 

 

(Chorus):  On borrowed wings 

           You only fly so high 

           With broken things 

           You can’t always get by 

           Wildflowers will grow 

           And a caged bird still sings 

           But you’ll never get far 

           On borrowed wings 

 

Into my heart you wandered 

And made yourself right at home 

I took the love you offered 

Thought I’d build us a house of stone 

 

But now we’re at war with each other 

And a house that’s divided still stands 

With me in one room and you in another 

In the strong grip of yesterday’s hands 

 

(Chorus) 

 

Tomorrow I’m leaving early 

And I won’t be saying goodbye 

‘Cause now that I’m seeing more clearly 

I won’t let you see me cry 

 

I’ve learned to stand and I’ve made my choice 

I’ll go and I’ll make myself new 

‘Cause I lost my pride and I lost my voice 

The day that I found you 

 

(Chorus) 

 

RIVER 

I was running from my past 

Knew this chance would be my last 

You came to me when the night was long 

My body weak but my spirit strong 

 

I waited for daybreak 

And the new life you said we’d make 

You knew a place where a rushing river 

Like I’d never seen 

Could wash me clean 

 

I watched the sunrise 

Reflected in your eyes 

My heart was in your hands 

We had the best-laid plans 

 

We’d cross the desert 

Drag our hopes through the hot red dirt 

Walking hand in hand headed for a river 

From a dream 

That could wash us clean 

Wash us clean 

 

But dreams grow old 

Hope goes cold 

No love, no promised land 

Can take the rage of a broken man 

 

I could not ease your pain 

Couldn’t free you from your chains 

So you took my last breath 

But my soul will never rest 

 

And when the rains come 

It won’t change the damage done 

My blood is on your hands and no river 

In a distant land 

Can wash you clean 

Wash you clean 

 

FOR YOU 

I still see the glow 

From all those long years ago 

When you held me beneath the moon 

When time seemed so slow 

How could I know 

That you’d be leaving much too soon 

 

Rest in my arms when you have no will to run 

And lift your face one last time to the sun 

 

For you 

The sunlight’s gleaming in streams of blue 

For you 

The birds are singing and I am, too 

 

How can I say 

I love you today 

When tomorrow might be the end 

I know you can’t stay 

But I won’t run away 

I’ll face the sorrow around the bend 

 

You are the greatest love my heart has ever known 

And when it’s time for you to go I’ll walk you home 

 

For you 

I’ll brave the earthquake that’s tearing through 

For you 

I’ll let my heart break in two 

For you 

For you 

 

Your eyes, how they shine 

Your hand, warm in mine 

The words you whisper in my ear 

They won’t fade in time 

I’ll keep them safe in a rhyme 

You could never disappear 

 

I’ll feel you here with me long after you’re gone 

You’ll be the melody in my every song 

 

For you 

I’ll keep on giving the way you do 

For you 

I’ll start living enough for two 

And I promise you I’ll find a way through 

For you 

For you 

 

STILL YOUR DAUGHTER 

Sing a song for me 

Clear the dust from your guitar 

And I’ll come to you 

Wherever you are 

 

You’ve been gone so long 

You’re not the man that I once knew 

And I just carried on 

As if I never needed you 

 

(Chorus 1):     But everything that’s broken 

                The words never spoken 

                It all just fades away 

                For a while nothing’s wrong 

                When we’re joined in a song 

                And I recall our better days 

                When the music flows like water 

                I’m still your daughter 

 

The leaves of our family tree 

They’re made of notes and melodies 

Sounds of love surrounded me 

On guitar strings and piano keys 

 

But long before I was grown 

You slipped away and I learned to hide 

How I wish I had known 

The song within can’t be denied 

 

(Chorus 2):     When the family gathers ‘round 

                And our feet tap on the ground 

                We all belong in harmony 

                We sing Townes and Emmylou 

                And the Byrds and Beatles too 

                And every song holds a memory 

                When the music flows like water 

                I’m still your daughter 

 

(Chorus 1) 

 

STAY 

I lie awake until morning 

For the weary, no rest 

It’s like a storm with no warning 

This feeling in my chest 

 

Strange how fear turns a heart to stone 

Strange, the ways that we grieve 

You show me love like I’ve never known 

A love I don’t want to leave 

 

(Chorus): 

Pull me close when I’m slipping away 

Shelter me ‘til the dawn 

Say my sorrow won’t scare you away 

And maybe I can hold on 

If you’ll stay 

Oh you’ll stay 

Say you’ll stay 

Stay 

Won’t you stay 

Say you’ll stay 

 

A past denied takes a heavy toll 

I’ve lost the will to pretend 

I took the hurt and I swallowed it whole 

And it haunts me again and again 

 

(Chorus x 2) 

 

IT'S YOU

Gold leaves tell of winter’s coming 

The autumn sky is dark with a storm 

I hear your mandolin strumming 

And I know how I’ll be keeping warm 

 

I feel an old familiar hunger 

When you look at me the way you do 

We’re not getting any younger 

But somehow this love still feels new 

 

(Chorus): 

It’s you I reach for 

when the long day is done 

It’s you I run to 

Oh you’re still the one 

I know just one thing true 

It’s you 

 

Beneath the big sky of Montana 

Here in these mountains of green 

On the coast of California 

Through all the changes we’ve seen 

 

(Chorus) 

 

Sometimes when you’re sleeping 

I lie awake and watch you breathe 

And suddenly I’m weeping 

‘Cause it’s just too good to believe 

 

(Chorus)