The Quiet Rapture

[Intro Instrumental Sparse] [Verse 1] The stars are pulling at their seams Light years stretching into red We measure distance by the death of things Count the silence of what's already bled My cells divide in perfect time Mirror image, breaking clean Is this growth or am I tearing From the inside, molecule unseen? [Refrain Melodic Haunting] The quiet rapture Pulling us apart The quiet rapture Were we ending from the start? [Verse 2] The universe expands in darkness Every atom drifting wide We build cathedrals against the void But the void is what we're made of inside Skin barely holds what wants to scatter Breath is borrowed from the air We pretend that we are solid While our edges disappear [Refrain Building] The quiet rapture Pulling us apart The quiet rapture Were we ending from the start? [Bridge Intensity Rising] Feel it in the fabric Space-time wearing thin Every breath's a battle Against the heat death setting in We are the universe collapsing Conscious for a moment's flash Watching our own slow undoing Beautiful and brief and [Beat of Silence] [Spoken Whisper] Already past [Final Refrain Climax Overwhelming] The quiet rapture Tearing through the seams The quiet rapture We're coming apart at the speed of light The quiet rapture Can you feel it in your bones? The quiet rapture We were always ending We were always ending Alone [Outro Distorted Decaying - 8 bars fade] Pulling apart Into the red [Wordless Sustained Decay] [End]