[Intro] [Instrumental] [Verse 1] Until yesterday it opened there Beyond a narrow window of air Only the shapes that worked came through Quietly chosen clear and true It felt so close within my reach A lighter order soft and clean Without a name without a sign I could just place them one by one [Pre-Chorus] But in the morning the order changed I touched the same place It felt strange What answered softly the day before Would not return the way it had before [Chorus] I can still see it but I cannot use it Still so beautiful but it never reaches me It stays before me clear and silent Whole in its outline but never in my hands Not the direction I had in mind for it Only the outside closing in around it The marks I wanted gone remain before me Set there before the image ever came [Verse 2] They said there were others like it Placed beside it one by one But none of them would truly fall Down to my hands not one at all In the middle of something wide A thinner shape was pinned inside What I had asked for stayed the same But what came back had gently changed [Pre-Chorus] What can be made and what can be used Look almost the same but are not the same They carry similar weight and form But one stays distant while one moves on [Chorus] I can still see it but I cannot use it Still so beautiful but it never reaches me It stays before me clear and silent Whole in its outline but never in my hands It did not vanish not all at once It stayed so near and drifted slowly off It kept its distance without a sound Close enough to see too far away to hold [Bridge] I was gathering small pieces of light Thinking that later would still be fine [Outro] [Instrumental]
