[INTRO] I LOOKED UP… (up) HE WAS DOWN THERE… (down) [VERSE 1] I SPENT MY YEARS CLIMBING BOOKS LIKE LADDERS VISIONS LIKE WINDOWS I WANTED A GOD I COULD REACH A GOD I COULD EARN A GOD WHO WOULD OWE ME I NEVER LOOKED DOWN I NEVER LOOKED SIDEWAYS AND THE THRESHOLD WAS BESIDE ME (beside) [PRE-CHORUS] TOO DIRTY TOO SLOW TOO NEEDY (needy) LOOKING UP (up) [CHORUS] THE THRESHOLD WAS NOT HIGHER (no) IT WAS LOWER (lower) THE THRESHOLD WAS NOT HIGHER (no) IT WAS LOWER (lower) I WANTED A GOD I COULD CLIMB TO HE WAS WAITING ON THE GROUND (ground) [VERSE 2] I WALKED PAST HIM EVERY DAY HE ASKED FOR BREAD I GAVE HIM A VERSE HE ASKED FOR WATER I GAVE HIM A THEOLOGY HE ASKED FOR PRESENCE I GAVE HIM A MIRROR AND I CALLED THAT LOVE (love) [CHORUS] THE THRESHOLD WAS NOT HIGHER (no) IT WAS LOWER (lower) THE THRESHOLD WAS NOT HIGHER (no) IT WAS LOWER (lower) I WANTED A GOD I COULD CLIMB TO HE WAS WAITING ON THE GROUND (ground) [BRIDGE] WHO TAUGHT YOU THAT THE HOLY WAS VERTICAL? (who?) THE STONE THE BUILDERS REJECTED THE ONE YOU STEPPED OVER HE WAS THE CORNERSTONE (cornerstone) HE WAS THE DOOR (door) [SOLO] [FINAL CHORUS] THE THRESHOLD WAS NOT HIGHER (no) IT WAS LOWER (lower) THE THRESHOLD WAS NOT HIGHER (no) IT WAS LOWER (lower) I WANTED A GOD I COULD CLIMB TO HE WAS WAITING ON THE GROUND (ground) HE WAS WAITING ON THE GROUND (ground) [OUTRO] I LOOKED UP… (up) HE WAS DOWN THERE… (down)
