[INTRO — DISTANT ALARMS, SHATTERING GLASS, A RIFF STUMBLING INTO A PANIC] The wall comes down The sky comes in The gates swing wide LET THE OUTSIDE IN [VERSE 1 — FAST, DISORIENTING] Bare feet running through the halls White hands reaching for the walls Some laugh and dance, some beg and hide Some open doors and step outside The gardens split The mirrors crack The dead remember The years come back A thousand hearts begin to race Time puts its hands upon every face [CHORUS — HUGE, LOPSIDED, MULTIPLE VOICES] THE END OF EDEN THE ETERNAL COLLAPSE THE WALL IS OPEN THE YEARS COME BACK THE END OF EDEN THE ETERNAL COLLAPSE SOME CALL IT FREEDOM SOME BEG FOR IT BACK [VERSE 2 — RIFFS COLLIDE; VOICES OVERLAP] One takes a blade and cuts the cord One kneels before a broken floor One screams, “At last!” into the rain One begs the machine to start again The Exterminators flood the green Black boots trample the immaculate scene The hunted become the hunting ground And every buried instinct makes a sound [BREAKDOWN — HALF-TIME, DISTORTED VOICES] I WANT TO DIE I WANT TO LIVE I WANT MY YEARS I WANT THEM BACK I WANT THE PAIN I WANT THE END I WANT MY LOVER I WANT MYSELF [INSTRUMENTAL COLLAPSE — POLYRHYTHMIC DRUMS, FEEDBACK, GUITARS FALLING OUT OF SYNC] [CHORUS — SHOUTED, FRAGMENTING] THE END OF EDEN THE ETERNAL COLLAPSE THE WALL IS OPEN NO TAKING IT BACK THE END OF EDEN THE ETERNAL COLLAPSE SOME RUN TOWARD IT SOME RUN FROM THE FACT [OUTRO — THE RIFF DISINTEGRATES INTO FOOTSTEPS, SCREAMS, AND DISTANT GUNFIRE] No more garden No more glass No more promise Nothing lasts No more garden No more glass THE YEARS COME BACK.
