Just beyond my sight something that I cannot see

I've been circling around a thought that's been circling round me

Like the vapor of a song that is just out of ear shot

I thought I knew the question but I guess not

There it is just below the surface of things

In a flash of blue and the turning of wings

I drain the glass I drink it down every moment of this

Every little bit of it

I swam against the tide I tripped on my own pride

So I'll try again today to get out of my own way

The face was always in the stone said Michelangelo

You just have to chip and clear to see what is already there

There it is just below the surface of things

In a flash of blue and the turning of wings

I drain the glass I drink it down every moment of this

Every little bit of it

There it is in the apple of every newton notion

There it is in the scar healed over what was broken

In the branches in the whispering

In the silence and the sighs

And the curious promise of limited time

It's true although it's hard

A shadow glides over the ridge

And one fast beating heart

Tries with all its might to live

And we sense but can't describe

From the corner of our eye

Something nameless and abiding

And so we keep transcribing

There it is just below the surface of things

In a flash of blue and the turning of wings

I drain the glass drink it down every moment of this

Every little bit of it

Every little bit

Every little bit of it