Something Tamed Something Wild Songtext
von Mary Chapin Carpenter

There′s a shoebox full of letters
Bound up neatly with some twine
Each one was like a diamond
Now the jewel is lost to time
My reward is in the knowing
That I held it in my hands for a little while

What else is there
But the treasures in your heart?
Something tamed something wild

For every time that I've been foolish
When I′d wish that I'd been wise
The power of regret still gets me
Right between the eyes
And sometimes I want to weep
With nothing, but the tears of a little child

What else is there
But the lessons in your heart?
Something tamed something wild


Here's a map I′ve memorized of everywhere I′ve ever been
And the faces of everyone
I've loved and left to try again
I couldn′t make out what they were saying
So instead I listened hard to what's inside

What else is there
But the voice inside your heart?
Something tamed something wild

Some nights I′m woken up by something stirring in my chest
It's a feeling I′ve no name for
It's hard to catch my breath
I'm staring down the great big lonesome
As I′m listening for the dwindling of time

What else is there
But the echoes in your heart?
Something tamed something wild

So the things that matter to me now
Are different from the past
I care less about arriving than just being in the path
Of some light carved out of nothing
The way it feels when the universe has smiled

What else is there
But the beating of your heart?
Something tamed something wild


There′s the shoebox full of letters
There's the map I won′t forget
The voices and the lessons
And the signals that connect us
Manifested to the spirit
Way deep down where it goes unseen by the eye

What else is there
But the love inside your heart?
To a life like a fireworks to a spark
Over and above you in its arc
Something tamed something wild