[INTRO — DETUNED PIANO / SURF / TAPE HISS] [(One mic. Piano slightly flat. Distant five-part “ahh.”)] There was an eye in the middle of midnight Burning a hole through the back of the blue The moon pawned her silver for daylight Nobody knew what the daylight would do I asked an old sailor, “What lives in the center?” He laughed and handed me smoke Said, “Some questions don't come with an answer Some doors only open when broke.” [PRE-CHORUS] [(Dry lead. Three warm voices bloom behind it.)] And the waves said go And the wires said stay And the eye kept burning At the end of the day [CHORUS — TECHNICOLOR] [(Huge harmony. Double drums. Tambourine right, twelve-string left. Melodic bass.)] Oh, what did you see in the eye of the morning? (Ahh—daylight, daylight) What did it know that the darkness forgot? (Carry it home now) I saw every color come out of the blackness Every cold little machine getting hot Somewhere between being lost and forgiven Where the ocean turns gold under endless skies I went looking for heaven above me— And found it alive in your eyes. [POST-CHORUS] [(Four-part “your eyes” canon. One voice holds the wrong note. Reverse guitar breathes.)] Your eyes… Your eyes… Your ey-ey-eyes… There goes the morning again. [VERSE II — ROOM BENDS] [(Kick heavier. Bass saturates. Piano gains slapback. Percussion becomes machinery.)] There was a saint at the wheel of a Cadillac A devil asleep with his feet on the dash A preacher sold tomorrow in paper bags Two for a dollar, three for the crash The telephone rang and the telephone melted Wallpaper breathed like a lung in the rain Somebody whispered, “You finally made it.” I said, “Made it to what?” They said— “Exactly.” [(One beat silence.)] [PRE-CHORUS II] The black water rose And the nichrome burned Every road disappeared But the eye never turned [CHORUS II] [(Radiant harmonies over distorted bass, floor toms, industrial impacts and sustained guitar.)] Oh, what did you see in the eye of the morning? (Ahh—daylight, daylight) What did it know that the darkness forgot? (Carry it home now) I saw saints in the static, ghosts in the engine Watched every clock lose the numbers it got Somewhere between being broken and breathing Where the sea swallowed heaven and swallowed the sky I went looking for God in the distance— [(Band drops.)] And something looked back through your eyes. [PSYCHEDELIC INTERLUDE — THE EYE] [(Bowed bass asks; slide guitar answers. Vocal harmonics orbit. Tape slows. Ocean reverses into cymbals.)] Ahhhhh… (Can you see it?) (Can it see you?) Open… Open… Open… [(Sweet harmony floats over a monstrous guitar.)] [BRIDGE — NEARLY SPOKEN] I met a blind man painting the sunrise He never asked me the color of gold He said, “You keep thinking the light is arriving— Maybe the light is what's doing the looking.” [(Silence.)] Oh. [BUILD — ONE VOICE BECOMES MANY] [(Heartbeat. Lead alone.)] If the night has a mouth Let it call out my name [(One harmony.)] If the world is a wheel Let it turn me again [(Three harmonies.)] If the stars are just holes Where eternity shines— [(Choir erupts.)] THEN SOMEBODY'S HOME ON THE OTHER SIDE! [FINAL CHORUS — CATHEDRAL] [(Full drums, overdriven melodic bass, bells, twelve-string, organ, industrial guitar beneath pristine vocal stacks.)] OH, WHAT DID YOU SEE IN THE EYE OF THE MORNING? (DAYLIGHT! DAYLIGHT!) WHAT DID IT KNOW THAT THE DARKNESS FORGOT? (CARRY US HOME NOW!) I saw every color come screaming from nothing Watched every dead little universe start Saw oceans inside of a single reflection Saw mercy make machinery out of the dark Somewhere beyond all our names and our answers Past the last little place where a frightened man hides I went looking for heaven above me— [(Half-time. Choir holds.)] But heaven was already LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES. [OUTRO — RECORD DISSOLVES] [(Worn mono. Acoustic guitar, surf and wordless harmony.)] The moon gets small The machinery sleeps The black water shines Where the daylight runs deep And the eye stays open. [(Final major chord over one unresolved bass note. Tape runs out.)]
