Thrice - Horizons / East Album Lyrics

My first and foremost memory
Is staring up in wonder at the wall
It circumscribed the city
They said beyond it nothing dwelt at all
But I
Came to wonder if the stories all were true
So one night I made my mind up
I resolved that I would find a passage through

And as I made my plans
My head would spin and swiftly dance between the whys
Like why the roads were all dead ends
Why we'd no word to name the color of the sky
And why
Did these tunnels lead me deep beneath the streets?
When I was through I lit my lamp
With something soft and green and damp beneath my feet

And I don't know the way
But I know
That I belong out here
On this journey that I never thought I'd make
Setting out
Across some new frontier
A new horizon with each eager step I take

As the stars begin to fade
I stride to meet the breaking day and breathe it in
It rakes over my tongue
So crisp and cool inside my lungs, against my skin
And I
See the colors burst and bloom beneath the dawn
Oh, the brilliance overwhelms me
Leaves me wondering what new world I'm even on

And I don't know the way
But I know
That I belong out here
On this journey that I never thought I'd make
Setting out
Across a new frontier
A new horizon with each eager step I take

I don't know the way
But I know
That I belong out here
On this journey that I never thought I'd make
Setting out
Across some new frontier
A new horizon with each eager step I take

Overhead, are those angels or vultures?
Heavy wings and the hum of decay
They seethe and hover
Skew and smother the light of day, oh

Every word is dissonant whisper
They've got you wearing a smile like a mask
And all you're left with
Is every question you're scared to ask, oh

I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand

Every tether is tangled and twisted
They slowly sever your heart from the whole
Iron shackles, hungry jackals with eyes like coal, oh

Underfoot, as you steal past the gallows
Brittle branches or pieces of bone?
Feel your chest heave
Are you ready to come back home? Oh

I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand

I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand

I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand

I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my hand
Come and take my hand

I saw the fire on the television
The DOD or the CIA?
If we're the cops, then the world's our prison
Two, four, six, eight, USA, alright

The blood red, the black gold
This is the air we breathe
The beachhead, the backroad
Buried in the sun

She felt the thrum of the helicopter
A little taste of that shock and awe
She tried to run but the bullets caught her
Courtesy of our coup d'etat, alright

The blood red, the black gold
This is the air we breathe
The beachhead, the backroad
Buried in the sun

The blood red, the black gold
This is the air we breathe
The beachhead, the backroad
Buried in the sun

Buried in the sun
Buried in the sun

I saw the fire on the television
The DOD or the CIA?
If we're the cops, then the world's our prison
Two, four, six, eight, USA, alright

The blood red, the black gold
This is the air we breathe
The beachhead, the backroad
Buried in the sun

The blood red, the black gold
This is the air we breathe
The beachhead, the backroad
Buried in the sun

I never saw all your northern lights
I never saw all your new Octobers
I never saw there's another way to breathe
Behind the curtain
But now I see there's another sun
Now I see there's a new horizon
Now I see there's another way to see

And how you can see a better way to build a world
Where every hand is held and holding on

The nervous twitch of a narrow mind
The nascent wish of a newborn baby
The naked joy of a nighthawk at the bar
Who never doubted
That everybody was in the fold
That everybody was their beloved
That every body was bound to every heart

And they can see a better way to build a world
Where every hand is held and holding on

We want it all
We demand the impossible
There's a better way to build a world
Where every hand is held and holding up

A better way to build a world
Where every hand is held and holding on

The summer set fire to the rain
And fire to my bones
But you just stood there
Begging for the world to leave you
To leave you alone
The summer set fire to the rain
And fire to my bones
It burned until nothing remained
Of all that I'd known

The winter held spring in white gloves
And slowly it grew
But you just stood there
Waiting for the world to walk out
To walk out on you

The summer set fire to the rain
And fire to my bones
It burned until nothing remained
Of all that I'd known

(Don't you see everything's interweaving?)
The summer set fire to the rain
And fire to my bones
(Don't you know all of the world's conceiving you?)
It burned until nothing remained
Of all that I'd known

How long, how long
Holding true?
How long, how long
Until the bloom?

How long, how long
Holding true?
How long, how long
Must we wait for you?

How long, how long
Holding true?
How long, how long
Until you bloom?

How long, how long
Holding true?
How long, how long
Must we wait for you?

(How long?) It's waiting
(How long?) Under the snow
We sowed the good seed
How long till you let it grow?
(How long?) It's waiting
(How long?) Under the snow
We sowed the good seed
How long till you let it grow?

How long, how long?
How long, how long?

On the mantelpiece
There's a scrap of leather
Like a half remembered truth
Or lie
And there's a photograph
Of a sunlit garden
And a sword that seemed to burn
With light

The way
Is closed now
And I can't go home
The way
Is closed now
And I can't go home

Near the fireplace
Black with soot and sorrow
And the absence of synecdoche
There's a whetted axe
With a weathered handle
And the weight of it
Is dear to me

The way
Is closed now
And I can't go home
The way
Is closed now
And I can't go home

But what if I
What if I just let go?

If I just let go

Speak your truth, spit your doubt
Our love's in the gutter, they're bleeding us out
They built a fire, but it wasn't for me
And everything went black when the sun fell
But it was bright beneath the trees
I realized that we don't simply cease to be
We become

Somebody said that I'm a dreamer
I never knew why, but now I see
Somebody's calling in the morning
But I won't be there, I always leave

There was a voice in the night
But the words were lost
And then found in the pouring rain
So listen to the call when it comes
Or else you won't know what it means
One more day, one more hour to learn your name
And forget

Somebody said that I'm a dreamer
I never knew why, but now I see
Somebody's calling in the morning
But I won't be there, I always leave

Who is the dreamer
And what is the dream
Who is the dreamer
And what's hidden in-between

Somebody said that I'm a dreamer
I never knew why, but now I see
Somebody's calling in the morning
But I won't be there, I always leave

Somebody said that I'm a dreamer
I never knew why, but now I see
Somebody's calling in the morning
But I won't be there, I always leave

Looking down through armored glass
Above a field of fire and ash
And from this height it's hard to even tell
Just what it's like outside the suit
The terror and the torn-up roots
The lives you've helped to make a living hell

But there's another way
To face the unforeseen
You don't have to stay
Inside of that machine

Staring up across the wreck
A single figure stands erect
They shout and wave, so tiny and absurd
And moved by curiosity
You crack and lift the canopy
And straining, you can just make out their words

There's another way
To face the unforeseen
You don't have to stay
Inside of that machine
There's a bigger game
And there's a deeper dream
You don't have to stay
Inside of that machine

So please come down now
Come out from where you've been
Please come down now
Come out and start again

I know you're scared
But so are we
And if you dare
You'll start to see

There's another way
To face the unforeseen
You don't have to stay
Inside of that machine
'Cause there's a bigger game
There's a deeper dream
You don't have to stay
Inside of that machine

Oh

Please come down now
Come out from where you've been
Please come down now
Come out and start again

I skulk through the skeleton trees
The birds and the sun have both flown
I daresay, a damnable scheme is hidden in midwinter's moan

Afloat in a frozen white flood
Disheveled, I shuffle the floor
The fix for what's freezing my blood
Rests behind the red cellar door

Dandelion wine
Just half a spoonful, and everything's fine
Summoning days of summer in bloom, chasing winter away

I should be raking my roof
The snow drift is dangerously high
But I've found my favorite proof and the barrel is barely half dry

Dandelion wine
Just half a spoonful, and everything's fine
Summoning days of summer in bloom, but it's slipping away

Dandelion wine
Just half a spoonful, and everything's fine
Dandelion wine
Just half a bottle, and everything's fine

Dandelion wine
(The barrel is dry as a bone)
Dandelion wine
(The snow is still falling like ash)
Dandelion wine
(The ceiling is starting to groan)
Dandelion wine
(Then everything ends with a crash)

Crushed like a rat in a trap
Buried in beams of rough pine
It's cold now, and catacomb black
Dreaming of dandelion wine

Is there a me without you
The you that breathes the sun?
Again, the one from many
Again, increased by one

Is there a you without me
The me with star swept eyes?
Alive with fresh becomings
New grass beneath black skies
New grass
New grass
Beneath black skies