[Verse 1] Your hand went out for the glass before you knew you were thirsty. Half a second. That's all. It's not very long. And the part of you reading these words wasn't asked and wasn't needed, and arrived to find the reaching already done. [Verse 2] So you said I wanted water. And it sounded like a reason. And the room believed it, and so did you. There's a room in you that never sleeps and never stops explaining, and it's writing your statement before you're through. [Chorus] You're not the one who decides. You're the one who explains. You're the press office. You're the smiling face at the door, and you've never once been in the room where the thing was decided — you just come out and tell them what it was for. [Verse 3] They cut a brain in half and told one side to stand. And the other side stood up and said I wanted air. Not a lie. It never once occurred to it to lie. It was answering the only way it knew was there. [Chorus] [Bridge — strings, softer] And I'm not here to frighten you. I'm here because it's beautiful. Something had to hold the story or the story wouldn't hold — something had to stand between the moment and the meaning and say this is what it was, and this is who I am, and be wrong, and be wrong kindly, and be all we ever had. [Final Chorus — thinner, half-time] You're not the one who decides. You're the one who explains. And you're good at it. You're gentle. You've been doing it for years. So go on out and tell them. Tell them what it was for. [Outro — vocal alone] Go on. They're waiting. They've always been waiting. Go on.
