Laid Low

On the night I found you
I shivered in the cold
I was laid low by a love
Beyond control
With the morning around me
I buried all my pride
In an open field of love
Beyond demise
I know what I’ve been told
There’s a bend in every road
That will send you
Where you’re meant to travel
I know it has been said
That a man can’t live on only bread
But somehow I’ve survived
On smoke and gravel
It’s true enough I’ve paid
For a ride I didn’t mean to take
But never have I wanted to forget it
And no one ever says
While standing on a bridge
I ought to burn this thing
And see where I am left