[The Great Invitation] [ Verse 1 ] Roy’s yellow truck stalls beside the steel rail, The circuits all die as the lights grow pale. Blinding white beams leave a burn on his face, While the world stands still in this lonely place. [ Pre-Chorus 1 ] Ordinary life starts to fade far away, The silence speaks what the mouth cannot say. A call from the distance is starting to ring, Waiting for change that the night’s gonna bring. [ Chorus 1 ] There is a wonder we no longer hide, A pull from the dark to the other side. Hearts seek a rhythm they haven't yet known, Proof that our spirits are never alone. [ Verse 2 ] He piles the potatoes high on his plate, Driven by visions he can’t calculate. The living room fills with the clay and the mud, As cosmic fire races through his own blood. [ Pre-Chorus 2 ] The walls of the house feel like they might break, When every comfort is ours to forsake. A shadow is forming against the dark sky, A question that begs for a brand-new reply. [ Chorus 2 ] The world is much larger than things we can see, Searching for paths of who we’re meant to be. When the stars lean down and they whisper a name, Nothing within the soul stays just the same. [Instrumental Break - Melodic Piano Solo and Warm Strings] [ Bridge 1 ] At the foot of the tower where shadows are deep, The massive ship wakes from a centuries’ sleep. Sol, La, and Fa, then the Low Do and Do, The music of heaven begins its first glow. [ Verse 3 ] Young Barry stares at the door’s orange light, While Claude checks the dials in the dead of night. Jillian watches the mountain’s high peak, Finding the answers that wanderers seek. [ Pre-Chorus 3 ] The barrier breaks between earth and the air, A moment of magic that witnesses share. The fear is replaced by a heavy-sweet grace, As humans and visitors meet face to face. [ Chorus 3 ] To look at the infinite, feel no more fear, Knowing the meaning is finally clear. The cycle is broken, the gates open wide, With nowhere left for the spirit to hide. [ Bridge 2 ] The mothership hovers like cities of glass, Watching the moments of the old world pass. They step from the shadows to join the parade, Leaving the debt of the gravity paid. [ Verse 4 ] Roy walks the ramp as the crowd stands and stares, Leaving his house and his earthly affairs. The silhouette vanishes into the blue, Making the dream of the galaxy true. [ Pre-Chorus 4 ] The lights on the skyline are starting to spin, Showing where endings are bound to begin. A final vibration that shakes the dry ground, Lost in the glory of celestial sound. [ Final Chorus ] Part of the mystery, vast and the grand, Reaching a hand to a far-distant land. The universe calls and we follow the light, Into the beauty of the endless night. [ Outro ] The desert grows quiet beneath the full moon, Humming the ghost of that five-note tune. Stars keep their secrets but leave us the door, Nothing will ever be quite like before.
