Instrument’s Domain

[Verse 1] We built a blade Then tried to live inside it Counted our days By what the blade divided All of our questions Shaped like its edge Sleeping in armor Eating our dread [Chorus] Set the instrument down Let it fall from your hands What remains on the table That’s you Not a victory found Just the shape that withstands What was here Before the measure ran through Set the instrument down See what doesn’t move [Verse 2] We worshipped clocks Then forgot what time was Drew little maps Of rooms we were born in Every new answer Filed us thinner A bright clean filter Calling itself dinner [Chorus] Set the instrument down Let it slip from your plans What remains on the table That’s true Not an endpoint crowned Just the part that withstands What was whole Before the counting cut through Set the instrument down See what doesn’t move [Bridge] This thing in your hand Was never your house It can cut through a knot Cannot tell you who tied it Walk out of its mouth Step under the sky Feel what it cannot Name or divide it (oh) [Chorus] Set the instrument down Let it fall from your hands What remains when it’s quiet That’s you Not a banner Not a sound Just a center that stands Past the filter And the work it can do Set the instrument down See what doesn’t move See what doesn’t move