[Title: Second Anointing] [Intro - Solo Harpsichord, Bowed Cello, Distant Door Closing] . . ! . . . . . ! . . . [Verse 1 - Warm, Impeccable, Delighted] Come in out of the weather, let me take your coat, my dear. You've climbed a lovely ladder, and you've climbed it very well. Baptized and confirmed and endowed and sealed and worthy — oh, you've done the whole arrangement... and you've done it awfully well. [Pre-Chorus - Confidential, Leaning In] But there's a door behind the curtain that was never on the signs, and I would love to tell you what's inside... [Chorus - Full Band Crash, Cathedral Choir] There's a room above the room you thought was highest in the house! (highest in the house...) There's a rite above the rites, and there's a vow above the vows. It is finished. It is sealed. It is settled and secure — some of us are not still hoping, dear... some of us are sure. And I couldn't say who. Oh, I couldn't say... who. [Verse 2 - Purring, Escalating] Now everybody's climbing, and it's beautiful to watch them — all the tithing and the temples and the callings through the years. And a few of us stopped climbing back in nineteen-eighty-something... and we've been so very gracious about it ever since, my dear. [Pre-Chorus - Rising, Smiling] Oh, you'd know some of the names. You'd know them very well. And you'll never hear it from me... [Chorus - Bigger, Strings Soaring] 'Cause there's a room above the room and there's a table finely set! (finely set...) And the guarantee was given, and the guarantee is kept. Not a promise. Not a hope. Not a maybe at the end — it was spoken, it was witnessed, and it's done for me, my friend. And I couldn't say who. Mmmm, I couldn't say... who. [Instrumental - Glam Guitar and String Section, Grand and Filthy] ! . ! . !! . !! . ! . ! !! [Bridge - Spoken, Intimate, Almost Loving] They'll tell you it's not secret. Only sacred. And that is true. That's a true thing. There is no public list. There is no announcement. There is no roll for you to read. So there is nothing to deny, and nothing to confirm, and nothing you could ever, ever prove. ...Isn't that elegant? [Build - Timpani, Choir Rising, Guitar Screaming] . ! . . ! . ! . ! . ! ! ! ! . ! ! ! [Final Chorus - Rewritten, Operatic and Terrible] So there's a room above the room and there's a landing past the climb! (past the climb...) You can keep every commandment. You can give it all your time. Keep the ladder. Keep on climbing. Keep the worthy and the true. We will keep the final doorway... Oooohhh, we will keep the key from you! And a very good night... to you. [Outro - Harpsichord Alone, Footsteps Retreating, Door Latch] ...calling and election... ...made sure. ...not secret... ...only sacred... ...good night, my dear. [Lingering End - One Held Note, Lock Turning] . . . .
