[Verse 1]
Dust on the dash
Coffee gone cold
Map in the glovebox
Creased like an old road
Rust on the sign
Bullet holes grinning
"Welcome to Elk Country"
Feels like the start of something
[Chorus]
Elk Country
Where the wild runs through me (through me)
Big sky
Breaking me open
I came here lost
Now I'm wide awake
Elk Country
Hear my tired heart shake
Every mile I shed my skin
Elk Country
Let me in
[Verse 2]
Gas station gospel
Static and drawl
Name on a keychain
Hung on a bathroom stall
Tracks in the roadside
Hoofprints in clay
Something was standing here
Then it just slipped away
[Chorus]
Elk Country
Where the wild runs through me (through me)
Big sky
Breaking me open
I came here lost
Now I'm wide awake
Elk Country
Hear my tired heart shake
Every mile I shed my skin
Elk Country
Let me in
[Bridge]
Headlights off on the ridgeline
Stars cut deep like a blade
I scream at the dark
It screams back (hey!)
And the quiet ain't afraid
Knees in the gravel
I’m laughing
Breath like smoke in the air
If there's a god in these hills
I think it left me here
[Chorus]
Elk Country
Where the wild runs through me (through me)
Big sky
Breaking me open
I came here lost
Now I'm wide awake
Elk Country
Hear my tired heart shake
Every mile I shed my skin
Elk Country
Let me in
Elk Country
Let me in
Let me in (yeah)