[Verse 1: Gary Lightbody & Martha Wainwright]
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from "A" to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see

[Pre-Chorus 1: Gary Lightbody & Martha Wainwright]
I touch the place
Where I'd find your face
My fingers in creases
Of distant dark places

[Verse 2: Gary Lightbody & Martha Wainwright]
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science

[Pre-Chorus 2: Gary Lightbody & Martha Wainwright]
Their words, mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me

[Chorus: Gary Lightbody & Martha Wainwright]
And miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground, I
I pray that somethin' picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
[Verse 3: Gary Lightbody & Martha Wainwright]
After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids

[Pre-Chorus 3: Gary Lightbody & Martha Wainwright]
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weepin'
A joy you can't keep in

[Chorus: Gary Lightbody & Martha Wainwright]
And miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground and I
I pray that somethin' picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
And miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground and I
I pray that somethin' picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms