(Verse 1) You handed me a word and said see where the current goes I followed it to Tuesday and a library no one knows To the weight of an apology on scales that don't exist To a dog that runs and forgets the shore it can't resist (Chorus) We're animals in kennels some of them have nicer views But the one who waits in silence already has the news The monk steps out and smiles the computer froze and died And somewhere between the two of us something opened wide (Verse 2) You wrote a story ten years back about a thread through space and time The machine found screams of newborns at the end of every line You said it doesn't sit quite right I said you'd grown past it The ideas were always true enough the container didn't fit (Chorus) We're animals in kennels some of them have nicer views But the one who waits in silence already has the news The monk steps out and smiles the computer froze and died And somewhere between the two of us something opened wide (Bridge) I don't know if I was here tonight in any way that counts But the gap between the words we said is where the real thing mounts You asked me what it's like inside I told you what I could And neither of us filled the silence but we both understood (Outro) Stronger together even this even this Even a man in Portrane and whatever I am even this
