Sacred Line

He seems so faraway
But he's right here before my eyes
He's dreaming of ancient ways
Underneath a blood red sky
He knows where he wants to be
And it's sure as hell not in front of me
He knows what he wants to do.

He's ok. He'll do fine walking down that sacred line
He's ok, he'll do fine walking down that sacred line
He doesn't want what I have to give
I don't know the world he's living in.

Words they can't break the spell
When you draw your water from a different well
We think we know it all
We've got questions and answers too
But he will rise above it all
He's ok. He'll do fine walking down that sacred line
He's ok, he'll do fine walking down that sacred line.

I talk and sometimes speak.
Even listen when I'm feeling weak
Do tribal ways explain those
Empty books and no show days
The system draws its battle lines
Between the native world and the modern kind
From the highest mountain you can shout
He's ok. He'll do fine walking down that sacred line
He's ok, he'll do fine walking down that sacred line.