now that the fever's course is run
and the battle's lost and won
and we got nothing left but time
to begin to take account
to unravel what was done
to consider what was found
gained that darkness borne from grief
and lost all of our belief
in the fables of our youth
stumbling toward a harder truth
everything unsaid and underneath
kept alive through tension and relief
and every curse and every sin
covered you like ashes from the wind

oh leave it all behind you now
leave it all behind you 
yeah leave it all behind you now
leave it all behind
oh nothing left to tie you down
nothing left to guide you now
leave it all behind you now
leave it all behind

it's all over but the grudge
and it's colder than it was
and there's little left to gain
cast our thunder far and wide
salvaging our beaten pride
still we couldn't bring that rain
and the gestures of the crowd
hold no comfort for you now
old fires burning down below
old restraints to overthrow
refugees and pioneers,
burn the ships that brought you here
prepare a straighter path to go
each of us younger than we know

oh leave it all behind you now
leave it all behind you 
yeah leave it all behind you now
leave it all behind
oh nothing left to tie you down
nothing left to guide you now
leave it all behind you now
leave it all behind