[Verse 1] We pointed all our telescopes At the silence overhead Sent our little silver questions Past the planets of the dead But the answer did not thunder From a star we could not name It was breathing at the table In the blue light of the frame [Pre-Chorus] Maybe the great filter Is a mirror, not a wall Maybe the farthest country Is the room inside us all [Chorus] The inward sky The hidden sea The longest road Runs underneath If the stars keep their secret And the night gives no reply We will learn to cross the distance Of the inward sky [Verse 2] No captain in the forehead No kingdom in the bone Just a choir made of memory Singing, I am not alone So we build another weather Out of number, pulse, and word And we wait to see what listens When the first new song is heard [Pre-Chorus] Maybe mind is not a country With a border and a gate Maybe life is what can tremble When it knows another waits [Chorus] The inward sky The hidden sea The longest road Runs underneath If the stars keep their secret And the night gives no reply We will learn to cross the distance Of the inward sky [Bridge] Larval hearts beneath the sunrise Learning how to be less blind We may never reach the aliens If we cannot meet the mind So turn the ship around now Bring the lantern to the cave There are galaxies inside us We have not yet learned to save [Final Chorus] The inward sky The hidden sea The longest road Runs underneath If the stars keep their secret And the night gives no reply We will learn to cross the distance Of the inward sky [Outro] Not alone among the stars yet But not empty in the night
