My Muse

[Verse 1]
He sits on my front porch, nursing a cigarette
It's well past 5 am, he's wide eyed and buzzin'
Just like everybody else in this town, I met him at the bar
He poured out his heart
Some say it's the war, some say it's the whiskey

[Chorus]
My muse, a glory in his mess
He's as confused as I am about life and death
And I am bound to his darkness like he's bound to my light
He's my muse

[Verse 2]
I tried to paint him, though he's hard to define
His ever changing shade, his mysterious mind
Tonight I see him in the deepest of blues
Tangerine hues, under the light of the moon, yeah

[Chorus]
He's my muse, a glory in his mess
He's as confused as I am about life and death
And I am bound to his darkness like he's bound to my light
He's my muse
Ooh, ooh

[Bridge]
And he reminds me how broken humanity is
And how beautiful brokenness really is
And he speaks in stories as weathered as the boots he's in
And he reminds me that we all have dreams
That never see the light because we won't let it in
How we're all just dying till we choose to live

[Chorus]
He's my muse, he's a glory in his mess
He's as confused as I am about life and death
And I am bound to his darkness like he's found in my light
He's my muse
Ooh, ooh