[Intro — candlelight motif reprise] (solo guitar or piano, echoing the same quiet motif from "Sorted by Candlelight" and "By Day and by Candlelight") One room, one hand, one line unbroken Two flags, one word left unspoken [Verse 1] (steady, narrative, unhurried) Franklin at the table, no crown in the way Hartley across the room, a friend, not a foe Two nations bled for different names But signed the treaty with the same old aim [Chorus] (building, full ensemble) One blueprint, both sides of the sea Tory lost, but the Whigs agree Bacon's hand, unnamed, unseen Signed the peace on both machines [Verse 2] (building, tracing the lineage) Strachey's letter, Milton's page Locke's own hand carried the age Jefferson wrote what the whole line meant One long doctrine, differently spent [Chorus] (building, full ensemble) One blueprint, both sides of the sea Tory lost, but the Whigs agree Bacon's hand, unnamed, unseen Signed the peace on both machines [Instrumental Interlude — signature moment, medley of earlier motifs] (brief woven callbacks: the fleet-crossing swell from "The 1609 Armata," the rhythmic pulse from "Bedrock and Scaffolding," and the candlelight guitar motif, blended together into one passage before building to the album's biggest ensemble moment so far) [Final Verse] (rising, resolute, full ensemble) A hundred fifty years, and here's the proof Both signatures under the same roof Not enemies who simply chose to cease Cousins signing the family peace [Final Chorus] (fullest, biggest moment on the album so far) One blueprint, both sides of the sea Tory lost, but the Whigs agree Bacon's hand, unnamed, unseen Built the peace, and built it clean [Outro — candlelight motif returns one last time, hushed] (echoes "By day and by candlelight" directly) By day and by candlelight One hand signed it, out of sight
