[Intro – Deep vocal drone / Ison] Ah... Ah... Ah... [Verse 1 – sparse, almost monophonic] I spent my life in shadow, Waiting for a sign. Searching through the darkness For a light I could call mine. I asked the night for mercy, For a door I could not see. [Chorus – first revelation, restrained] But it was just too close to see. It was there all the time. Too close to see, Hidden in plain sight. Holding me... Holding me... (too close to see) (too close to see) [Verse 2 – The Awakening] Like a golden icon Sleeping in the night, Then the hidden wings unfolded And woke the buried light. The wonder I had waited for Was folded inside me. (too close to see) (too close to see) [Chorus – jubilant, choir opening outward] It was just too close to see. It was there all the time. Too close to see, Burning into light. Holding me... Holding me... [Bridge – distant antiphonal female choir] [Italian] Madonna della Farfalla... Madonna della Farfalla... La luce era già qui... Dentro di me... [Outro – pure vocal monophony, choir falling away] It was there all the time. Holding me... Too close to see. (too close to see) (too close to see)
