The Truth Is A Cave - The Oh Hellos

Well, I was young.
Well, I was young and naive.
'Cause I was told,
'Cause I was told, so I believed.
I was told there's only one road that leads you home.

And the truth was a cave,
On the mountainside.
And I'd seek it out 'till the day I died.

I was bound,
I was bound and determined.
To be the child,
To be the child that you wanted.
But I was blind to every sign you left for me to find,
And the truth became a tool,
I held in my hand.
I wield it, but I did not understand.

I was tired,
Of giving more than you gave to me.
And I desire, a truth I wouldn't have to seek.
But, in the silence I've heard you calling out to me...