[INTRO — CLEAN, WARM GUITAR; A SLOW, LOPSIDED GROOVE EMERGES] The walls came down The years came back The sky turned blue The earth turned black We learned to hunger We learned to sleep We learned that love Was ours to keep [VERSE 1 — WARM VOCALS, BUILDING FUZZ BASS] The children came with midnight lungs And morning mouths and muddy tongues They broke the bowls, they broke the chairs They filled the empty rooms with prayers Not to a god Not to a screen Just little voices Demanding things And when they cried, we held them close And when they laughed, we laughed the most [CHORUS — EXPANSIVE, JOYOUS, BITTERSWEET] LET IT HURT, LET IT GROW LET THE BLOOD AND WATER FLOW LET THE YEARS LEAVE THEIR MARK LET THE FIRE LEAVE A SCAR WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO LAST WE WERE NEVER MADE OF GLASS TAKE THIS LIFE, TAKE IT WHOLE LET IT HURT, LET IT GROW [VERSE 2 — RIFF GAINS WEIGHT; VOICE ROUGHENS] We buried friends beneath the trees We fought like fools, made up by three We watched our fathers disappear We held our mothers through the years The body changes The body breaks The heart keeps more Than the heart can take And every kiss against the dark Said we're still here Said here's the spark [CHORUS — BIGGER, WITH OVERLAPPING HARMONIES] LET IT HURT, LET IT GROW LET THE BLOOD AND WATER FLOW LET THE YEARS LEAVE THEIR MARK LET THE FIRE LEAVE A SCAR WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO LAST WE WERE NEVER MADE OF GLASS TAKE THIS LIFE, TAKE IT WHOLE LET IT HURT, LET IT GROW [BRIDGE — MUSIC FALLS AWAY; JUST VOICE AND A LOW, RESONANT GUITAR] They told us flesh was weakness They told us want was wrong They promised us forever And forgot to give us song They called desire evil They called the body sin But nothing grows in perfect glass And nothing lives sealed in [HEAVY, JOYOUS RIFF — FULL BAND SURGES BACK] THE PENIS ISN'T EVIL! THE HUNGER ISN'T SHAME! THE BODY ISN'T A PRISON! THE BLOOD ISN'T TO BLAME! WE TOUCH, WE BREAK, WE HEAL, WE CHANGE! WE LOSE WHAT WE CAN NEVER SAVE! WE MAKE A LIFE, WE PASS IT ON! WE ARE HERE— AND THEN WE'RE GONE! [FINAL CHORUS — HUGE, MELODIC, OVERLAPPING HARMONIES] LET IT HURT, LET IT GROW LET THE BLOOD AND WATER FLOW LET THE YEARS LEAVE THEIR MARK LET THE FIRE LEAVE A SCAR WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO LAST WE WERE NEVER MADE OF GLASS TAKE THIS LIFE, TAKE IT WHOLE LET IT HURT, LET IT GROW [OUTRO — RIFF SLOWS, GUITARS OPEN INTO A WIDE, SUNLIT CHORD] My child asks me Where God goes When all the lights Go out below I hold her hand I kiss her head I tell her— Look at all this life. [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL — THE RIFF RESOLVES, THEN A SINGLE WARM GUITAR NOTE FADES]
