[Intro] [Instrumental] [Harp and celesta, slow three count, distant room tone] [Verse 1] They took the chairs out one by one And nobody wrote it down The last one left turned off the lamp And carried the sound from the town I heard the roof give up at dawn A long and honest sigh And everything it used to hold Turned into open sky [Pre-Chorus] [Building] So I laced them tight And I found the mark And I set my weight on the edge of the dark [Chorus] [Full Voice] Go on, go on, the ceiling went on Straight through the plaster and out past the moon There is no roof and there is no wrong There is only the count and the turn and the tune Go on, go on, the ceiling went on [Verse 2] This dress has been coming apart Since a season I cannot name I never once stopped wearing it And it never once complained The seats are full of nothing now The boxes hold the rain And still the floor remembers me And says the name again [Pre-Chorus] [Building] So I laced them tight And I found the mark And I set my weight on the edge of the dark [Chorus] [Full Voice] Go on, go on, the ceiling went on Straight through the plaster and out past the moon There is no roof and there is no wrong There is only the count and the turn and the tune Go on, go on, the ceiling went on [Bridge] [Quiet] [Strings out, voice and celesta only] Every hand that ever clapped in here Is gone into the ground And somewhere out beyond the moon There is still that sound [Building] It never landed anywhere It never had to stop It just kept going Up and up and up [Final Chorus] [Full Voice] [Full orchestra, lift to major] Go on, go on, the ceiling went on Straight through the plaster and out past the moon There is no roof and there is no wrong There is only the count and the turn and the tune Go on, go on, the ceiling went on The house got wider than the ones who built it There is no crowd and there is no gone There is only the light and the way that she filled it Go on, go on, the ceiling went on [Outro] [Soft] [Celesta and one violin, fading on the three count] Go on Go on [End]
