(Verse)

Come down here behind the hour, the day turns to gold
Follow my signal to sleep, you’ll never grow old
Oh no, a flourish when the lights off
A sound outside your window
Now brace yourself into the night

(Chorus)

All of us, all of us, all of us, we’ll take shelter now
All of us, all of us, all of us, we’ve lost ourselves

Come down from up above, you, down the the drainpipe you will slide
And see them walk beneath you, see them walk beneath the ives

(Verse)

And found here behind the wall, someone left it on
Surrounded sorrow in breach, it severed the phones
Oh no! The line placed in the siding
Will find out where we’re hiding
Protect the kids, they’ve come inside…

(Verse)

Soon enough the room begins to spin
And all the way into the drain goes the rest of it
But far beyond the space between the walls
They couldn’t find the stewardess
I hope you know they won’t forget

It runs into my veins, I’m chlorinating up
And up above, the emanation of the son
Who thinks he’s got something to prove

And we’re so scared of it

(Chorus)

I defy you, keeper of the dying, I defy you
Spinning in the night into our bedrooms
And telling us it’s over, I defy you
I defy you, keeper of the dying, I defy you
Spinning in the night into our bedrooms
And telling us it’s over, I defy you

(Verse)

Now quiet in the darkness we will wait
One by one our bodies start to seize
But take my hand our lead of mine of Mystery
Don’t be afraid of it, I’ve got a plan

And down into the cove and opal of your heart
To take the key you swallowed at the start,
Unlock the space that lies between the walls and run on home

(Chorus)

I defy you, keeper of the dying, I defy you
Spinning in the night into our bedrooms
And telling us it’s over, I defy you

I defy you, keeper of the dying, you are unknown
She is on her way to see the Mystery
She will be the queen and she’ll defy you…

(Verse)

I set it all on fire, it burned away in the night
Watching with eyes so tired, the orange and the blue arise
Then I sped off on a motorcycle, like everything you dreamed
I’ll create a universe that you can barely see

(Chorus)

Inside or outside corner in the night
The coroner hides underneath the stairway
Where the birds spin sticks in the corridors
Don’t tell the others
The cider house side corner in the night
It’s poison, they are boarding up the windows
One down and they know it’s going to slip
So don’t tell the others

(Bridge)

Above my head, they’ll fly
With their lives that are more than mine,
Reach out my hands to light,
And feel life that is more

(Verse)

I built a wooden backdrop, I made it look awfully real
I set it up in the woodshop and lit it electric teal
Then coughed up just a little blood; it splashed into my hand
Please run and get father now, ‘cause I’m thinking this is bad…

(Chorus)

Inside or outside corner in the night
The coroner hides underneath the stairway
Where the birds spin sticks in the corridors
Don’t tell the others
The cider house side corner in the night
It’s poison, they are boarding up the windows
One down and it’s you that’s gonna to slip
So don’t tell the others