[intro] [soft, building, single note held] [verse 1] the world arrives before the word the bird has flown before it's heard a step is taken, then the thought of where to go, of what was sought the hand is warm before you know the name for what you're holding so the rain has kissed your skin and dried before the story's even tried [pre-chorus] always half a beat behind chasing what you cannot find [chorus] you're not late, you're just not here living in the almost-near now is moving, now is gone while you're still counting one-one-one let the thought come second place let the moment win the race you're not late, you're just not here living in the almost-near [verse 2] the coffee cools before the sip the memory before the trip the laugh escapes, then comes the why the tear has fallen, then the cry the sun has set, then comes the name of orange, red, of dying flame the touch is over, then the need to call it love, to call it greed [interlude] [breath, space, single piano note] [pre-chorus] always half a beat behind chasing what you cannot find [chorus] you're not late, you're just not here living in the almost-near now is moving, now is gone while you're still counting one-one-one let the thought come second place let the moment win the race you're not late, you're just not here living in the almost-near [bridge] what if the thinker is the thought and neither one is what you sought what if the watcher and the watched are both just water, both just washed away before the word can form the silence warmer than the storm [drop] [silence, then pulse, heartbeat rhythm] almost there never now to late to care tiny gap, lifted brow almost there neverwhere [solo] [instrumental, spacious, letting notes hang] [verse 3] the breath is finished, then the prayer the sitting there, then being there the song has ended, then the ear remembers what it didn't hear the life is lived, then comes the tale the ship has sailed, then comes the sail the being was before the name the fire was before the flame [interlude] fading to near-silence, one sustained tone [final thought outro] [spoken or sung, bare, intimate] don't name it don't frame it don't claim it just be it just see it just free it [final chord, held, then release]
