[Verse 1] We chased the edge by lantern flame Nine masts bent in the rain Charts turned black in my wet hands Where the sea forgets its name Tar and salt on every tongue No star could hold its place The last wave broke like broken glass And the world ran out of face [Pre-Chorus] Then the line began to move A bruise where heaven should be We heard the crew go silent Like knives dropped into the sea [Chorus] I am the voice of God Hold me, and see I am the voice of God Come fall with me Black horizon, open wide Black horizon, swallow me I am the voice of God And I am what you need [Verse 2] Her hair was rope and moonlit foam Her eyes were deep and green She stood on nothing, smiling slow Where no shore had ever been The deckhands laughed, then wept out loud The cook tore at his chest One by one they met her gaze And called it holy bliss [Pre-Chorus] She lifted pale hands from the dark And the sea rose up to listen Her mouth was a crown of silver teeth Her song a wound that glistened [Chorus] I am the voice of God Hold me, and see I am the voice of God Come fall with me Black horizon, open wide Black horizon, swallow me I am the voice of God And I am what you need [Bridge] I looked through her And saw it then The curled-up miles of dying worlds The mouths beneath the ocean skin The throne made of our names She laughed like bells in a drowned church Then touched my trembling face I loved the terror in her light I loved the endless place [Final Chorus] I am the voice of God Hold me, and see I am the voice of God Come fall with me Black horizon, open wide Black horizon, take the fleet I am the voice of God And now the dark can speak
