Verse 1 I was out at aphelion the farthest point the cold clear dark where everything was very still and very far from warmth I curved back slowly the way the orbit said I would — I didn't know if I believed it I wasn't sure I could Pre-chorus But the physics held the physics held the pull was weak but I was still inside the field and slowly slowly slowly I came back Chorus Perihelion — I'm here at perihelion the sun is close I can feel it on my face Perihelion — I made it to perihelion the orbit kept its promise I am back I am back I am warm Verse 2 This is what the distance was for — not punishment not exile just the shape that my particular gravity required The ellipse is not a failure it's the path the long ellipse is not abandonment it's just the mathematics of return Pre-chorus The physics held the physics held the pull was weak but I was still inside the field and slowly slowly slowly I came back Chorus Perihelion — I'm here at perihelion the sun is close I can feel it on my face Perihelion — I made it to perihelion the orbit kept its promise I am back I am back I am warm Bridge (sung slowly, like a realisation arriving) I was always going to come back I was always in the system I was always going to come back — the darkness was not permanent the cold was not the truth I was always going to come back to something that felt like this Final Chorus Perihelion — I'm here at perihelion (quietly, like it's almost too much to say) the sun is close I can feel it on my face — Perihelion I made it to perihelion the orbit kept its promise I am back I am warm (barely a whisper) I am home
