Standing on the Fault Line

Is it when the reservoir dries out
And the birds stop flying south?
How we gonna know it's time to flee?
If we wait for a rainy day
When the opening sky just seems to say: Stay
We'll never leave

Standing on the fault line
Waiting for the ground to crack
Just put one foot in front of the other
Don't look back

Half our friends are moving out of town
They wanna own their own piece of ground
They follow the riverbed for miles
You only need a map when you're a stranger in the land
But I know this place like the back on my hand
Been here since I was a child

Now we're standing on the fault line
Waiting for the ground to crack
Just put one foot in front of the other
Don't look back

Wise old tree sends her roots down deep
Drinking up water for her soul to keep on standing
The crust of the earth untouched by light
For centuries the highway signs were fading
Doubling down in the dusty soil
Where the colonies of life unspoiled go on living

Cottonwood pile's been petrified
Everything buried in the landslide remaining
Oh, what a sweet discovery
And a wise old woman you might be tomorrow

Standing on the fault line
Waiting for the ground to crack
Just put one foot in front of the other
Don't look back
Standing on the fault line
Waiting for the ground to crack
Just put one foot in front of the other
Don't look back