[singer A] (one note) (then another) (the mountain, patient, already there) Every step lands differently now than it did when I began — the ground remembers where I've been the way that only ground can Still I move and still I choose — one more breath, one more to lose The ascent has no summit I can see — getting steeper, getting clearer, getting free — Every step I take is heavier and mine — I am not climbing to arrive I am climbing because climbing is the line I follow through the dark — the ascent is not the mountain it's the heart [transition] [singer B] I can hear you through the ceiling but I can't get through the door Every night I know you better Every day you know no more Maybe there's a room that fits me Maybe there's another floor I can hear you through the ceiling but I can't get through the door [transition] [singer A] The years have changed the shape of hope — it used to be a destination Now it's something more like weather something more like continuation There is no finish line — I know that now and it does not frighten me the way it used to Maybe courage isn't reaching the top — maybe courage is the decision made each morning at the bottom to begin The ascent has no summit I can see — getting steeper, getting clearer, getting free — Every step I take is heavier and mine — I am not climbing to arrive I am climbing because climbing is the line I follow — [transition] [singer B] I can hear you through the ceiling but I can't get through the door Every night I know you better Every day you know no more Maybe there's a room that fits me Maybe there's another floor I can hear you through the ceiling but I can't get through the door [transition] [singer A] Let the mountain hear the quiet of it — I'll keep climbing not to touch the sky — but because I am still here and the climbing is how I know I'm still alive (held) [singer B] I can hear you through the ceiling but I can't get through the door Every night I know you better Every day you know no more Maybe there's a room that fits me Maybe there's another floor I can hear you through the ceiling but I can't get through the door
