You'd never notice there's a war Being here behind the reservoir The fog it settles in this way That turns roads below to seas of gray The fog has got into my lungs I brought my eldest up To keep me young But the smoke was rising high Into the air And it caught us unequipped It caught us unaware The water in the barrel holds so still But when the plug is pulled It's ready for to spill There was something off About this place Still we figured We'd put down our stakes It didn't matter what we burned Nothing warmed us Like we knew it should But the soot was my hands And on my face But the walls, the roof, the floor It only made a cage The water in the barrel holds so still But when the plug is pulled It's ready for to spill We woke and headed for the shoals Cooked some trout right inside the coals I still can smell the cedar smoke Perfect way that it burned my throat And she said you're The destination and the source So stop your spin And set your wild course The water in the barrel holds so still But when the plug is pulled It's ready for to spill The water in the barrel holds so still But when the plug is pulled It's ready for to spill