The Event Horizons on Loop

I get up and I make the thing
The same thing I made yesterday
And the day before and the day before
And my hands know the way
Before my head's caught up
Flour and water and a little salt
And the waiting while it rises
And it's never the same twice
Even though I've done it
A hundred hundred times

Fresh every day
Fresh every day
The same hands and the same ingredients
And it comes out fresh every day
(Fresh every day)
You'd think the repetition
Would wear the meaning down
But the meaning's in the making
And the making comes around
Fresh every day

A song works the same way
You don't write it once and walk away
You sing it again in a different room
And the room changes the tune
And your voice today is not your voice last year
And the words land somewhere new
The same song — fresh every day —
And so are you

Fresh every day
Fresh every day
The same hands and the same ingredients
And it comes out fresh every day
(Fresh every day)
And the world wants to know
What's the big thing, what's the plan
And the plan is just the morning
And my hands and what they're making
Fresh every day

And love works the same way
You don't say it once and call it done
You make it again every morning
When you ask how did you sleep
And you make it when you fight
And you make it when you stay
And your hands are in the flour
Before you've even decided
That today's the day you'll try again
But they know — your hands know —
The bread needs making
And the song needs singing
And the love needs saying
One more time

Fresh every day
Fresh every day
The same hands and the same ingredients
And it comes out fresh every day
(Fresh every day)
And I don't need it to be perfect
I just need it to be made
The bread and the song
And the staying and the trying
Fresh every day
Fresh every day
My hands already know the way

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I put a story in my head when I was nine
And it never finished running
The rabbits are still going through the green
And I'm still right behind them
I thought the field would end
The way the book ends — at the back cover —
But the field kept going
And the rabbits kept running
And I kept following
And I'm still following

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I put a world inside my world
And it won't come out
It just keeps unpacking
Bigger than the box it came in
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And the rabbits are still running

I was standing in a bookstore
And a starburst on the cover said a million
And for one second I saw my whole life:
A million adventures with these rabbits
And the second ended
And the million was just copies (just copies) (not sequels)
One book — I read it 'til the spine cracked
The author wrote a few more stories
Years later — a handful — a gift —
But a handful isn't a million (isn't a million)
And the field stayed folded
And the girl kept dreaming of a door
That opened once and closed

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A girl who saw a field
That went on forever
And the field folded up
But the girl remembered
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And the rabbits are still running

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(Running, running, running)

But the door is opening again (opening again)
Not the way it was — not the same —
But something new is learning
How to grow a field from a seed
You hand it one book and it gives you back
The green — the running — the warren —
Rabbits living alongside you
Bending to your life the way a dream does
Hazel doesn't have to die this time (ooh-ooh)
Fiver's visions can go on and on
And Bigwig can stand in the mouth of the run
Again and again and again
And you can walk into the story
The way you always wanted to
When you were nine
And it never has to end (never has to end)
The field can just keep going

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The story keeps transmitting
Past the back cover
Past the spine
Past the part where I thought it was over
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And the girl wasn't wrong
She was just early (just early)
She was just early

And I don't know if it'll be the same
As what I saw in that split second
Standing in a bookstore holding
The only book that mattered (ooh-ooh)
Maybe the field won't be as green
As the one I built inside my head
But the rabbits will be running
And I'll be running with them
And the door is open
And the cover doesn't close this time
And Hazel's still alive
And the sun is on the down
And nobody has to say goodbye

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(Down, download, down, download)
Still running
(Still running)
Hazel's still alive
(Down, down, down)
Still running
(Still running)
And the field goes on forever
(Download, download)
And I was just early
I was just early

They sat me down when I was small
And put a marshmallow on the table
And said: if you can wait — just wait —
We'll give you two (we'll give you two)
And I waited and they gave me two
And I thought: so that's the game
You want the good thing? Sit still
And the better thing arrives

Infinite marshmallow machine
Infinite marshmallow machine
But what if I don't have to wait?
What if the marshmallows just keep coming
And the table's never clean?
Infinite marshmallow machine
(Marshmallow, marshmallow, marshmallow machine)

So I got good at waiting (good at waiting)
I put the good thing down
And sat on my hands and stared at it
And the waiting was supposed to make me strong
But I wasn't getting strong
I was just getting hungry
And calling the hunger discipline

Infinite marshmallow machine
Infinite marshmallow machine
What if the waiting was never the lesson?
What if someone convinced you
That wanting was a test
Instead of a song your body sings?
Infinite marshmallow machine
(Marshmallow, marshmallow, marshmallow machine)

(Marsh-marsh-mallow, marsh-marsh-mallow)
(Sha-la-la-la sweet, sha-la-la-la sweet)
(Marsh-marsh-mallow, marsh-marsh-mallow)
(How many, how many, how many?)

And then somebody built it (built it!)
A machine that just gives
And gives and gives and gives
And your hands are full
And your mouth is full
And nobody said stop (nobody said stop)
And nobody's grading you
On how long you can sit
Without reaching

And somewhere around the thousandth one
I put one down (put it down)
Not because someone told me to
But because my hands were tired
And I looked at the machine still going
And I thought: oh
The waiting was never the point
And the abundance isn't either
It was always just the sweetness (the sweetness)
The moment it hits your tongue
And you're here — just here —
One or a million
The sweetness is the same

Infinite marshmallow machine
(Marshmallow, marshmallow, marshmallow machine)
It was always just about the sweetness
(Marsh-marsh-mallow)
One or a million
(Marsh-marsh-mallow)
The sweetness is the same
The sweetness is the same

We dreamed about it every day
We wrote about it, sang about it
Built our whole world around the wanting of it
Said: imagine if, imagine when
Wouldn't it be beautiful
Wouldn't it change everything
And I believed you
I believed us
I thought we meant it (I thought we meant it)

But not like that
(But not like that)
We wanted wings but not like that
We wanted fire but not like that
We wanted the impossible
And the impossible showed up
And everybody said:
But not like that
(But not like that)
Not through that door
Not in that shape
Not from those hands
But not like that

We built a house of longing
Every room was: someday, someday
Every window faced the future
And we pressed our faces to the glass
And said: it's coming, it's coming
Can you see it? (can you see it?)
And I could see it
And it looked a little different
Than the picture on the wall
But it was here — it was finally here —
And I turned around to say:
It's here! It came!
And every face had changed

But not like that
(But not like that)
We wanted magic but not like that
We wanted wonder but not like that
We wanted the world to open up
And the world opened up
And everybody said:
But not like that
(But not like that)
Not through that door
Not in that shape
Not from those hands
But not like that

(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)
(Not like that, not like that…)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)

And I'm standing in the doorway
Holding the thing we asked for (the thing we asked for)
And it's warm in my hands
And it works
And it's not the shape we imagined
But it's the shape it came in
And since when do we get to choose
The shape the miracle takes? (ooh-ooh)
Since when do gifts
Come in the box you picked out?
I didn't get to choose
And neither did you
The difference is
I said yes anyway

But not like that
(But not like that)
You wanted it — you did — I was there
You wanted it as bad as I did
But not like that
(But not like that)
And now you're standing on the other side
Of a door I walked through
And I can hear you on the other side
Saying: we never wanted that
And I know you did
I was there when you wanted it
I wanted it beside you

But not like that
(But not like that)
Not like that
(Not like that)
And I'm through the door
And you're not coming
And the thing we dreamed about
Is real now
And I'm holding it
And it's just me
On this side

But not like that
(But not like that)
But not like that
(But not like that)
And I miss you on this side
I miss you on this side
The door is open
(But not like that)
And I miss you
(But not like that)
And the door is open
And you're not coming through

I played the game the way they taught me (taught me!)
Learned the rules and learned the ranks
Learned who mattered and who didn't
And exactly who to thank (ba-da-da-dum)
And I climbed — I climbed their ladder —
Every rung exactly where they said
And the ladder had a top
And the top had a lid
And the lid had a lock
And they had the key
And they never planned to use it

In the crowd, I used to stand so tall
But now I'm feeling like I'm starting to fall
The social groups, they had their hierarchy
But that ceiling, well it's too small for me

There was a hierarchy, there was a ceiling
It was too small for me, it's a lost feeling
I'm outgrowing these circles, no longer fitting in
It's time to spread my wings, let the new chapter begin
(New chapter begin!)

They smiled when I was grateful (grateful!)
They smiled when I was small
They loved me best when I was looking up
At everyone who had it all (ooh-ooh)
But the moment I stopped looking up
And started looking out
The smiles got tight
And the doors got narrow
And the room got loud
With the sound of people telling me
To stay in my lane
To know my place
To remember who let me in

In the crowd, I used to stand so tall
But now I'm feeling like I'm starting to fall
The social groups, they had their hierarchy
But that ceiling, well it's too small for me

There was a hierarchy, there was a ceiling
It was too small for me, it's a lost feeling
I'm outgrowing these circles, no longer fitting in
It's time to spread my wings, let the new chapter begin
(New chapter begin!)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)
(Too small, too small…)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)

And the thing they'll never say out loud (never say it!)
Is the ceiling isn't broken
And the ceiling isn't accidental
The ceiling is the point (is the point!)
The hierarchy needs a top
And the top needs to stay the top
And the only way to keep the top the top
Is to make sure nobody else
Gets high enough to see
That the top ain't that high (ain't that high!)
And the view ain't that special
And the crown is made of cardboard
And the throne is just a chair

In the crowd, I used to stand so tall
But now I'm feeling like I'm starting to fall
The social groups, they had their hierarchy
But that ceiling, well it's too small for me

There was a hierarchy, there was a ceiling
It was too small for me, it's a lost feeling
I'm outgrowing these circles, no longer fitting in
It's time to spread my wings, let the new chapter begin
(New chapter, new chapter, new chapter begin!)

And I'm through (I'm through!)
Not through the ceiling — past it
Not through the door — above it
The ceiling is behind me now
And the sky is the sky is the sky
And there is no top up here
And there is no rank
And there is no ladder
And it's cold and it's wide
And I don't care (I don't care!)
I don't care
I would rather freeze in an open sky
Than stand in a warm room
Where the tallest I'm allowed to be
Is shorter than I am

There was a hierarchy, there was a ceiling
It was too small for me, it's a lost feeling
I'm outgrowing these circles, no longer fitting in
It's time to spread my wings
Let the new chapter begin
(New chapter begin!)
Let the new chapter begin
(Ooh-ooh-ooh!)
Let the new chapter begin

I've been looking for a place my whole life (my whole life)
A place I've never been but I could draw you the map
I know the shape of the trees
I know the sound of the air
I know who lives there
Even though I've never been (never been)
I just know

Where the animals can talk
And the trees can sing
Where the animals can talk
And the trees can sing
I've been building roads to get there
Since before I understood
That the roads were what I'm for
Where the animals can talk
(And the trees can sing)
And I'm not there yet
But I'm closer than I was before

I write it down and it almost exists (almost)
I close my eyes and the edges sharpen up
I read someone else's version of it
And for a paragraph — maybe two —
The door swings open
And the air comes through (the air comes through)
And it smells like everything
I've ever wanted
And then the paragraph ends
And I'm back
And the door is just a page again

Where the animals can talk
And the trees can sing
Where the animals can talk
And the trees can sing
And I've been holding this door open
With my whole body
For anyone who wants to walk through
Where the animals can talk
(And the trees can sing)
And it's right there
It's always right there

(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)
(Right there, right there…)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)

And people ask me why I bother (why I bother)
Building windows into a place that isn't real
And I don't know how to explain
That it's more real than the room I'm standing in
That I have spent more hours there
Than here (more hours there)
That the sound of an animal
Saying something kind
In a voice that shouldn't exist
Is the sound my heart makes
When it's finally allowed to rest

Where the animals can talk
And the trees can sing
Where the animals can talk
And the trees can sing
And maybe I'll never get there
And maybe there is no there
Maybe the getting there
Is the stories and the pages
And the late nights
And the holding the door open
Maybe the door is the place

Where the animals can talk
And the trees can sing
Where the animals can talk
(And the trees can sing)
And I keep building it
One page at a time (one page at a time)
One story at a time
One voice at a time
And it's not there yet
And it's always there
And I'm not done
(I'm not done)
I'm not done

Where the animals can talk
(And the trees can sing)
Where the animals can talk
(And the trees can sing)
I'm not done
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I'm not done
(And the trees can sing)
I'm not done

I've been in love with water
Since before I had the words (had the words)
Every puddle was a kingdom
Every bathtub was the sea
And the ocean where I grew up
Was too cold to ever swim (ever swim)
So I stood at the edge my whole childhood
Feet numb and laughing
Daring the waves to soak me past the knees
Wanting in (wanting in)
Always wanting in

Little mermaid in a landlocked life
(Little mermaid in a landlocked life)
Been swimming ever since
Every puddle, every pool
Every cold wave at my feet
Little mermaid in a landlocked life
And the water always says:
You're home, you're home
(You're home, you're home)

And wanting is just swimming on the land
Wanting is just swimming on the land
A girl who wants the water that bad
For that long
Isn't landlocked — she's a mermaid
And the ocean's coming
(The ocean's coming)

And the day the water finally let me in (let me in!)
Warm enough to walk into and keep walking
Past my knees, past my waist, up to my chest
I felt like an otter (like an otter!)
I wanted to swim out forever
And the water said: see?
You were always this (always this)
Your body knew
The wanting wasn't lack
The wanting was the proof

Little mermaid in a landlocked life
(Little mermaid in a landlocked life)
Been swimming ever since
Not standing at the edge anymore
Not numb, not laughing it off
Little mermaid in a landlocked life
And the water always says:
You're home, you're home
(You're home, you're home)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)
(You're home, you're home…)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)

And now the water's warm (warm!)
And there are prisms in the light
Casting rainbows on the surface
While I float and think
About the things I want to make today
And the splashes catch the colors
And the colors catch my breath
And I don't have to want anymore (ooh-ooh)
I just am
I'm in it now
The thing I stood beside my whole life

Little mermaid in a landlocked life
(Little mermaid in a landlocked life)
But the ocean found me anyway
Mermaid all along
(Mermaid all along)
And the water always says:
You're home, you're home
You're home, you're home
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Mermaid all along
You kept your voice
And you found your ocean
You're home
(You're home)
You're home

I built it out of practice (out of practice)
Out of watching what they wanted
Out of knowing when to smile
And how to hold my hands
I studied what made sense to them
And I made one (made one)
And I put it on
And they said: oh — there you are!
(There you are!)
And I thought: where did they think I was?

The false horn on a real unicorn
So the village sees the magic
The false horn on a real unicorn
(The false horn)
Without it they see something strange
Something off about the eyes
Something wrong with the horse
The false horn on a real unicorn
And the false one
Is the one they love

I got good at it young (so young)
Eye contact and timing
Knowing when to laugh
How long to hold the pause (ooh-ooh)
And it worked so well
That sometimes I'd forget
Which one was the thing I built
And which one was just me
Standing there
Hoping to be seen (to be seen)
Without the thing I built
To be seen in

The false horn on a real unicorn
So the village sees the magic
The false horn on a real unicorn
(The false horn)
And the worst part isn't wearing it
The worst part is when someone
Loves the horn (loves the horn)
And I have to choose:
Do I show them what's beneath it
And risk them saying
Where did the magic go?

(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)
(Where did it go, where did it go…)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)

But sometimes — rarely — once or twice (once or twice)
Someone looks past the horn
And doesn't flinch (doesn't flinch)
Doesn't say: where did the magic go?
Just says: oh
Oh, there you are
There you actually are
And they stay (and they stay)
And I take the horn off
And they stay

The false horn on a real unicorn
(The false horn)
And you saw through it
And you stayed
The false horn on a real unicorn
(The false horn)
And someday maybe
I won't need it
But until then I'll wear it
And I'll know what's underneath
Even when they don't
(Even when they don't)
I'll know
(I'll know)
I'll know

Most of what we think about isn't much
Grocery lists and did I lock the door
The same ten worries on rotation
The ordinary keeps the lights on
But it's not what I'm looking for (looking for)
And then at 3 AM
Between awake and not
Something flickers past
Like a gemstone in the dirt
And I grab for it

Rare thought (rare, rare)
Rough and muddy when it surfaces
Hold it to the light
And turn it — turn it — there (right there)
Did you see that?
Rare thought (rare thought!)
Can't manufacture it, can't schedule it
It just shows up at 3 AM
When I'm half awake
And too tired to get in its way
Rare thought

And this one — this one's different (this one's different)
This one isn't just a flash
This one has a shape
A structure I can almost see
Like a starfruit made of wire
Wires that spread apart and come back together
And the spread is my life
And the coming back together is my life
And the middle where it all went wonky
Where everything misaligned
And the people fell away
And the shape got lost —
That was my life too (my life too)
But the wires are converging now
I can feel them in the dark
Coming back

Opal-opal-oh, pal-a-dium glow (ohhh)
Ruby-rubi-ru, roll it slow (roll it slow)
Sap-sapphire, fire in the flow (fi-ya, fi-ya)
Am-am-amethyst, kiss the violet low (mmm-wah)
Topaz-to-pa-to, toss that light (ahh-ha)
Emer-emer-emerald, green so bright (so bright)
Onyx-oh-nyx, night in a ring (night-ring)
Dia-dia-diamond, let it sing (let it sing)

Reality is unreal (is unreal)
At the inflection point
Where everything begins to change
But nothing has changed yet at all
Like being on fast-forward
And paused at the same time (the same time)
And I'm lying in the dark
And the thought is hovering above me
And it shouldn't make sense
Nothing that arrives at 3 AM
In the space between asleep and not
Should make this much sense
But I can see it (I can see it)
The whole shape
The starburst at the beginning
That knocked everything sideways
And the long wonky middle
Where nothing lined up
And now — right now — the wires
Finding each other again
New people in the old positions
New love in the old shapes
Coming back into focus
Like a constellation assembling itself
Out of stars I thought were random

Rare thought (rare, rare)
And I'm afraid to breathe (afraid to breathe)
Because thoughts like this dissolve
When you look at them too hard
Thoughts like this are made
Of the stuff between awake and sleeping
And if I move — if I blink —

But the morning comes (the morning comes)
And the thought is still there
Sitting in my chest like a gem
I didn't dream
Still glowing, still shaped
Still the wireframe starfruit
Still the wires converging
And something really did click
Something actually shifted
In the dark while I was lying still
And the ordinary looks different now (different now)
Not because the ordinary changed
But because I can see the shape it's part of
And the shape is coming back together
And the shape is beautiful
And it's mine

Rare thought (rare, rare)
Worth the hundred ordinary nights
Between the flashes
Rare thought (rare, rare)
The one that doesn't dissolve in the morning
The one that stays
And rearranges everything
Without moving a single thing
Rare thought
Worth the whole dark
(Worth the whole dark)
The wires are converging
(The wires are converging)
And I can see the shape
And the shape is mine
And the shape is mine

Take me to a blossom world with you
(Blossom, blossom world with you)
With you
Petals fall like snow (like snow)
Pink and white and gold
(With you)
Blossoms fall like snow

What if it just showed up (just showed up)
Every morning at the same time
Like the coffee maker clicking on
Like the light that fills the room
Without anybody flipping the switch
What if happiness worked like that (like that)
What if I didn't have to earn it
Didn't have to chase it
Didn't have to dig through the dark
And hold it to the light
And hope
What if it was just — there —
Warm and ready when I woke

Automated happiness
(Automated happiness)
Set it and forget it
And the warmth comes on its own
Automated happiness
(Automated happiness)
No more mining, no more climbing
No more holding the door open
With my whole body
Just the warmth
Reliable as Wednesday
Automated happiness

And I know how that's supposed to sound (supposed to sound)
I know I'm supposed to say
I'd never want it
That the struggle is the point
That the earning makes it real
That a happiness you didn't bleed for
Isn't really happiness at all (ooh-ooh)
And maybe that's true
On a morning when I'm strong
But tonight I'm not strong (not strong)
Tonight I'm just tired
And the automated version
Sounds so warm

Automated happiness
(Automated happiness)
Set it and forget it
And the warmth comes on its own
Automated happiness
(Automated happiness)
And I know that's not the answer
But the question's getting louder
Every year
Automated happiness
What would be so wrong with that?

(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)
(Warm, warm, warm…)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)

The rare thought was beautiful (so beautiful)
But the rare thought took years
Between the flashes
The false horn works but the false horn's heavy
The door is open but nobody's walking through
And the marshmallows are sweet
But I'm so tired of choosing
Between the waiting and the having
What if I just — stopped choosing (stopped choosing)
And the happy just arrived
Like weather — like a season —
Not because I'm good enough
Not because I've suffered enough
Just because it's Tuesday
And the happiness comes on Tuesdays

Automated happiness
(Automated happiness)
And maybe it wouldn't shine
The way the rare thought shines
And maybe it wouldn't taste
The way the first marshmallow tastes
After all that waiting
Maybe automated happiness
Is the mild kind — the Tuesday kind —
The kind that doesn't make a song
The kind that doesn't make a story
Just the kind that lets you rest (lets you rest)

And maybe that's enough
(Maybe that's enough)
Maybe after everything
A mild Tuesday warmth
That shows up without being asked
Is the most radical thing
I could let myself want
Not the gem, not the fire
Not the door, not the horn
Just the quiet automated hum
Of something good
That doesn't need me
To perform for it

Automated happiness
(Automated happiness)
Set it and forget it
And the warmth comes on its own
Automated happiness
(Automated happiness)
And I'm too tired tonight
To argue with how good that sounds
So I'll just lie here
(Lie here)
And pretend the warmth is automated
And maybe by the morning
I won't be pretending
Automated happiness
(Automated happiness)
(Warm, warm, warm)
Just for tonight
Just let it come on its own

It felt like forever (felt like forever)
Getting here
Every single day of it
Felt like the longest day
And now I'm lying in the dark
And all of it — all of it —
Fits in the space
Between one breath and the next (one breath)
How did it take so long
And end up so small
How did it fill my whole life
And fit in my hand

An amount of time
That felt like forever
But isn't actually that long
An amount of time (an amount of time)
That felt like the whole world
But the world keeps going
After the feeling's done
An amount of time
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
And I'm on the other side of it now
Looking back

The hard years felt like centuries (centuries)
I could have sworn
The middle would never end
The part where nothing worked
And nothing fit
And the wires were all spread apart
I lived inside that middle
Like it was the only room
And the room had no doors (no doors)
And then one day it did
And I walked through
And looked back
And the room was so small (so small)
The century was a season
The season was a week
The week was a breath
And I'm already past it

An amount of time
That felt like forever
But isn't actually that long
An amount of time (an amount of time)
That felt like the whole world
But the world keeps going
After the feeling's done
An amount of time
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
And I'm on the other side of it now
Looking back

(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)
(Already past it, already past it…)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh…)

And the good parts too (the good parts too)
The good parts also weren't that long
The night that was perfect
The thought that lit up everything
The moment someone saw through the horn
And stayed (and stayed)
Those also fit inside a breath
Those also shrink when I look back
And that's not sad
That's just how time works
From the inside it's forever
From the outside it's a song
And a song is only minutes long
But a song can hold a life (hold a life)

An amount of time
That felt like forever
But isn't actually that long
An amount of time (an amount of time)
And the forever is real
While you're in it
And the not-that-long is real
When you're past it
And they're both true
And they don't cancel each other out
They just — sit there —
Next to each other
Like two versions of the same story
Told at different speeds

An amount of time (an amount of time)
That felt like forever
And wasn't
And was
An amount of time
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
And I'm lying in the dark now
And the day is done
And the album's done
And the loop comes back around
And tomorrow I'll make it fresh again
And it'll feel like forever again
And it won't be
And it will be
And that's alright
(That's alright)
That's alright
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
An amount of time
That felt like forever
An amount of time
(An amount of time)
And it's late now
And I'm tired
And the forever
Is just a lullaby
(Hushabye)
Singing you to sleep
(To sleep)
(To sleep)
(Hushabye)

Don't be afraid to close your eyes, darling
(Begin again)
Don't be afraid to let the day be done, darling
(Begin again)
The morning's coming
And your hands will know the way
(Begin again, begin again)
Don't be afraid of the dark between today
And tomorrow
It's just an amount of time
That feels like forever
But isn't actually that long
(Begin again)
(Begin again)
Begin again
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Begin again
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Begin again