[Intro] (solo piano, softly) Peeled the blue glove back and let it fall Bare palm to the humid air for the first time in it all [Verse 1] (male, softly, piano only) Three years of double-gloves and checking every seam The last wall I built between me and the scream I took her hand, no barrier, no shed skin And the loudest thing in the world was skin on skin [Pre-Chorus] (strings enter, building) Being untouchable was death, I know it now A locked room where I rot alone and call it proud [Chorus] (full band, choir, powerful) Left, right, one shadow on the road Two shadows pour to one on the centerline cold The hum in my chest, I call it by his name The noise was him, the noise was life Left, right, one shadow now Done asking for permission Never alone again [Verse 2] (female, rising) I spent my whole life strong enough that no one broke through Small and hard and invisible, that's all I knew Watched our shadows on the concrete drift and blur Where I ended and he started, I could not tell for sure [Bridge] (a cappella, both, then building) Why should the shadows come, the old hymn cried Now the shadow is the two of us, side by side We're through with the cure, we're walking through that wall To take the city apart and inherit it all [Final Chorus] (belted, full choir, timpani) Left, right, one shadow now What grows in the ashes will not be sheep Left, right, one drumbeat now Two hearts the world will never keep Skin to skin, done asking how We are the evolution, we are whole [End]
