Lyrics
OVERTURE
It starts
With our eyes well acquainted
With the darkness
The mind was made to illuminate the heart
And when every constellation
Suddenly appeared
Through telescopes and calculations
The far was pulled so near
Even after everything we’ve seen
We’ve barely caught a glimpse of what it means
In the architecture of the soul
The universe began with our eyes closed
We claim our land
We tame our seas
We carve our names
On the surface of history
Til our hands get tied
By the stubborn will
Of gravity
Even after everything we’ve seen
We’ve barely caught a glimpse of what it means
In the architecture of the soul
The universe began with our eyes closed
In the rise and fall
Of a newborn’s chest
Like the ocean swells
We inhale, exhale and reset
Every living thing
Is in this constant state of unrest
Even after all our history
We’ve barely caught a glimpse of what it means
In the architecture of the soul
The universe began
Even after everything we’ve seen
We’ve barely caught a glimpse of what it means
In the architecture of the soul
The universe began with our eyes closed
WOODWORK
I hear your heart
As it beats beneath
The sound of crashing cars
The sirens pour into every street surrounding us
Our world caves in on us
And makes us new
All our love came out of the woodwork
All our strength came out of the woodwork
We only know this light
And darkness crashes against it
We only know this light
Deep in the woodwork
I still hear the song
As it rings beneath
The sound of shattered glass
In the aftermath
The melody carries on
I become undone
It makes us new
All our love came out of the wood work
All our strength came out of the woodwork
We only know this light
And darkness crashes against it
We only know this light
Deep in the woodwork
It’s a cruel cruel trick
How we find ourselves
When we lose everything else
Like a train wreck
The sound of your breathing hits my ears
The world reappears
And it breaks us new
All our love came out of the woodwork
All our strength came out of the woodwork
All our trust came out of the woodwork
We only know this light
Deep in the woodwork
I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE
I’ll keep you safe
Try hard to concentrate
Hold out your hand
Can you feel the weight of it
The whole world at your fingertips
Don’t be, don’t be afraid
Our mistakes they were bound to be made
But I promise you I’ll keep you safe
You’ll be an architect so pull up your sleeves
And build a new silhouette
In the skylines up ahead
Don’t be, don’t be afraid
Our mistakes they were bound to be made
But I promise you I’ll keep you safe
I’ll keep you safe
Darkness will be rewritten
Into a work of fiction, you’ll see
As you pull on every ribbon
You’ll find every secret it keeps
The sound of the branches breaking under your feet
The smell of the falling and burning leaves
The bitterness of winter
Or the sweetness of spring
You are an artist
And your heart is your masterpiece
And I’ll keep it safe
Dismiss the invisible
By giving it shape
Like a clockmaker fixes time
By keeping the gears in line
Don’t be, don’t be afraid
God knows that mistakes will be made
But I promise you I’ll keep you safe
As you build up your collection
Of pearls that you pulled from the deep
A landscape more beautiful than anything that I’ve ever seen
The sound of the branches breaking under your feet
The smell of the falling and burning leaves
The bitterness of winter
Or the sweetness of spring
You are an artist
And your heart is your masterpiece
And I’ll keep it safe
BAD BLOOD
You fixed your eyes on us
Your flesh and blood
A sculpture of water and unsettled dust
And there was bad blood in us
We learned our lesson
Genesis to the last generation
So we wrestle with it all
The concept of grace
The faithful concrete
As it breaks our fall
Our questions are all the same
A den of cold words
How they feel brand new
Against different time frames
A den of cold words
Against different time frames
We know it all by heart
The whole is greater
Than the sum of its parts
We heard it all before
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
Like firewood burning bright
In the dead of winter
Now only the flicker can cling to this life
So we heard it over mass
Is a faith a prediction
Wear our tradition until we collapse
And argue our bearings until we collapse
We study our story arcs
Inherently good
Or were we broken right from the start?
Our hesitant fingerprints
Trace every mountain
Lace every valley
Until we’re convinced
We know it all by heart
Every blade of grass
Bears our mark
And the name will be engraved
Oh it’s just another word
For being afraid
We know it all by heart
The whole is so much greater
Than the sum of its parts
We heard the truth before
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
UNEVEN ODDS
I once knew your father well
He fought tears as he spoke
“Your mother’s dead”
I guess a part of him just couldn’t return
Forgiveness is a lesson
He cursed you to learn
As your guardian
I was instructed well
To make sense of God’s love
In these fires of hell
No I don’t expect you to understand
Just to live what little life
Your broken heart can
Maybe your light is a sea
And the darkness the dirt
In spite of the uneven odds
Beauty lives from the earth
From the earth
From the earth
As the years move on
These questions they will shape
Are you getting stronger
Or is time shifting weight
No one expects you to understand
Just to live what little life
Your mended heart can
You’ll always remember the moment
God took her away
The weight of the world
Was placed on your shoulders that day
Maybe your light is the sea
And the darkness the dirt
In spite of the uneven odds
Beauty lives from the earth
From the earth
You’re much too young now
So I write these words down
“Darkness exists to make light truly count”
It starts
With our eyes well acquainted
With the darkness
The mind was made to illuminate the heart
And when every constellation
Suddenly appeared
Through telescopes and calculations
The far was pulled so near
Even after everything we’ve seen
We’ve barely caught a glimpse of what it means
In the architecture of the soul
The universe began with our eyes closed
We claim our land
We tame our seas
We carve our names
On the surface of history
Til our hands get tied
By the stubborn will
Of gravity
Even after everything we’ve seen
We’ve barely caught a glimpse of what it means
In the architecture of the soul
The universe began with our eyes closed
In the rise and fall
Of a newborn’s chest
Like the ocean swells
We inhale, exhale and reset
Every living thing
Is in this constant state of unrest
Even after all our history
We’ve barely caught a glimpse of what it means
In the architecture of the soul
The universe began
Even after everything we’ve seen
We’ve barely caught a glimpse of what it means
In the architecture of the soul
The universe began with our eyes closed
WOODWORK
I hear your heart
As it beats beneath
The sound of crashing cars
The sirens pour into every street surrounding us
Our world caves in on us
And makes us new
All our love came out of the woodwork
All our strength came out of the woodwork
We only know this light
And darkness crashes against it
We only know this light
Deep in the woodwork
I still hear the song
As it rings beneath
The sound of shattered glass
In the aftermath
The melody carries on
I become undone
It makes us new
All our love came out of the wood work
All our strength came out of the woodwork
We only know this light
And darkness crashes against it
We only know this light
Deep in the woodwork
It’s a cruel cruel trick
How we find ourselves
When we lose everything else
Like a train wreck
The sound of your breathing hits my ears
The world reappears
And it breaks us new
All our love came out of the woodwork
All our strength came out of the woodwork
All our trust came out of the woodwork
We only know this light
Deep in the woodwork
I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE
I’ll keep you safe
Try hard to concentrate
Hold out your hand
Can you feel the weight of it
The whole world at your fingertips
Don’t be, don’t be afraid
Our mistakes they were bound to be made
But I promise you I’ll keep you safe
You’ll be an architect so pull up your sleeves
And build a new silhouette
In the skylines up ahead
Don’t be, don’t be afraid
Our mistakes they were bound to be made
But I promise you I’ll keep you safe
I’ll keep you safe
Darkness will be rewritten
Into a work of fiction, you’ll see
As you pull on every ribbon
You’ll find every secret it keeps
The sound of the branches breaking under your feet
The smell of the falling and burning leaves
The bitterness of winter
Or the sweetness of spring
You are an artist
And your heart is your masterpiece
And I’ll keep it safe
Dismiss the invisible
By giving it shape
Like a clockmaker fixes time
By keeping the gears in line
Don’t be, don’t be afraid
God knows that mistakes will be made
But I promise you I’ll keep you safe
As you build up your collection
Of pearls that you pulled from the deep
A landscape more beautiful than anything that I’ve ever seen
The sound of the branches breaking under your feet
The smell of the falling and burning leaves
The bitterness of winter
Or the sweetness of spring
You are an artist
And your heart is your masterpiece
And I’ll keep it safe
BAD BLOOD
You fixed your eyes on us
Your flesh and blood
A sculpture of water and unsettled dust
And there was bad blood in us
We learned our lesson
Genesis to the last generation
So we wrestle with it all
The concept of grace
The faithful concrete
As it breaks our fall
Our questions are all the same
A den of cold words
How they feel brand new
Against different time frames
A den of cold words
Against different time frames
We know it all by heart
The whole is greater
Than the sum of its parts
We heard it all before
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
Like firewood burning bright
In the dead of winter
Now only the flicker can cling to this life
So we heard it over mass
Is a faith a prediction
Wear our tradition until we collapse
And argue our bearings until we collapse
We study our story arcs
Inherently good
Or were we broken right from the start?
Our hesitant fingerprints
Trace every mountain
Lace every valley
Until we’re convinced
We know it all by heart
Every blade of grass
Bears our mark
And the name will be engraved
Oh it’s just another word
For being afraid
We know it all by heart
The whole is so much greater
Than the sum of its parts
We heard the truth before
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
And beauty there echoes
The speck of our souls
UNEVEN ODDS
I once knew your father well
He fought tears as he spoke
“Your mother’s dead”
I guess a part of him just couldn’t return
Forgiveness is a lesson
He cursed you to learn
As your guardian
I was instructed well
To make sense of God’s love
In these fires of hell
No I don’t expect you to understand
Just to live what little life
Your broken heart can
Maybe your light is a sea
And the darkness the dirt
In spite of the uneven odds
Beauty lives from the earth
From the earth
From the earth
As the years move on
These questions they will shape
Are you getting stronger
Or is time shifting weight
No one expects you to understand
Just to live what little life
Your mended heart can
You’ll always remember the moment
God took her away
The weight of the world
Was placed on your shoulders that day
Maybe your light is the sea
And the darkness the dirt
In spite of the uneven odds
Beauty lives from the earth
From the earth
You’re much too young now
So I write these words down
“Darkness exists to make light truly count”
