We've decided we'd compromise
We've spent our whole lives spinning this web
Making ends and beginnings hold hands
Quite like the dream of blacks, whites, and all between
Rising to the stadium, breathing in so deeply
And speaking as one . . .
Before it's too late,
Grab hold of me and rise up to the steeple
Among the clouds that change with ease
Envy the clouds, envy the clouds
High up on the steeple, among the clouds
We can change with ease, so won't you please
Grab hold of me and stay here on the steeple
Before it's too late, it isn't too late
Before it's too late . . .
Speak as one . . . Speak as one . . .
Speak as one, before it's too late
Speak as one, it isn't too late
Speak as one . . . Speak as one . . .
We've decided we'd compromise
We've spent our whole fucking lives fixing harmony
Mending young and old, all bound to die
Quite like the dream we had breaking open lies
I meant for you to come in here
And break me open, devoid of fear
Everywhere, there's skin to peel
A new, crazed membrane to feel
I mean to make amends by tomorrow, by tomorrow
But for now, for today
You'll break me wide open
Break me wide open, pry me out, and lift me
So high that we can't see through the clouds
We've decided we'd compromise
We've spent our whole lives winding these gears
Making light and darkness conjoin
Quite like the dream of black and white drawn into grey
Rising to the clouds, like fire belching smoke
Rising to the clouds, breathing it in so deeply
And rising as one . . .
Before it's too late,
Grab hold of me and rise up to the steeple
Among the clouds that change with ease
Envy the clouds, envy the clouds
High up on the steeple, among the clouds
We can change with ease, so won't you please
Grab hold of me and stay here on the steeple
Before it's too late, it isn't too late
Before it's too late, it isn't too late
Stay up here upon the steeple before it's too late
Down on the ground with fog and tremors
No insightful satisfaction
No gospel, no revelation
Soon to be home for the blackened angel
Drowned on the ground by ocean's wrath
No simple explanation
All dark and ambiguous
Soon we'll have to leave and say good bye
Leave and say good bye, say good bye, say good bye . . .
Say good bye--
Stay up here on the steeple
Since the ground has flooded with a mindless membrane
Stay up here on the steeple
Where salvation is plentiful as the rays of sunlight
Stay up here on the steeple
Where the pitch black wings of Belial won't ever be seen
Stay up here in the clouds
Stay far away from the interloper
Since the ground has flooded with fog and tremors
We'll stay far away from the interloper
Where the ground became home for a blackened angel
Stay far away from the interloper
Where the pitch black wings of Belial swim in ocean's wrath
Stay up here and say good bye
......
I meant for you to come in here
And break me open, devoid of fear
Everywhere, there's skin to peel
A new, crazed membrane to feel
I mean to make amends by tomorrow, by tomorrow
But for now, for today
You'll break me wide open
Break me wide open, pry it out, and bury it
So deep that we can't see it through the clouds
We've decided we'd compromise
We've spent our whole lives wasting our time
Making sense of the one divided
Quite like the dream of you and I being together
Rising to the stage, like man and bride
Rising to the steeple, breathing us in so deeply
And embrace as one . . .
Before it's too late,
Grab hold of me and rise up to the steeple
Among the clouds that change with ease
Envy the clouds, envy the clouds
High up on the steeple, among the clouds
We can change with ease, so won't you please
Grab hold of me and stay here on the steeple
Before it's too late, it isn't too late
It can't be too late . . .
Speak as one . . . Speak as one . . .
Speak as one, before it's too late
Speak as one, it can't be too late
Speak as one . . . Speak as one . . .
