[INTRO]
      
      


[VERSE 1]
         
How long befor

        
e I get in?
              
Before it star

              
ts, before I b

  
egin?
         
How long befor

        
e you decide?
              
Before I know 

              
what it feels 

  
like?
         
Where to, wher

        
e do I go?
              
If you never t

              
ry, you'll nev

    
er know,
         
How long do I 

          
have to climb?
              
Up on the side

              
 of this mount

       
ain of mine?


[INSTRUMENTAL]
      
      


[VERSE 2]
         
Look up, I loo

        
k up at night
              
Planets are mo

              
ving at the sp

        
eed of light
         
Climb up, up i

      
n the trees
              
Every chance t

              
hat you get is

              
 a chance you 

 
seize
         
How long am I 

       
gonna stand
              
With my head s

              
tuck under the

  
 sand
         
I'll start bef

                              
ore I can stop
              
Before I see t

              
hings the righ

      
t way up


[PRE-CHORUS]
         
All that noise
             
And all that s

 
ound 
            
All those plac

         
es I got found


[CHORUS]
             
And birds go f

             
lying at the s

 
peed of sound
             
To show you ho

           
w it all began
              
Birds came fly

             
ing from the u


nderground
             
If you could s

#            
ee it then you

        
'd understand


[INSTRUMENTAL]
      
      


[VERSE 3]
         
Ideas that you

          
'll never find
              
All the invent

              
ors could neve

     
r design
         
The buildings 

             
that you put u


p
              
Japan and Chin

          
a all lit up
         
A sign that I 

         
couldn't read
              
Or a light tha

             
t I couldn't s

ee
         
Some things yo

            
u have to beli


eve
              
Others are puz

              
zles, puzzling

 
 me


[PRE-CHORUS]
        
All that noise
             
And all that s


ound
            
All those plac

           
es I got found


[CHORUS]
             
And birds go f

             
lying at the s


peed of sound
             
To show you ho

           
w it all began
              
Birds came fly

              
ing from the u

 
nderground
             
If you could s

#            
ee it then you

         
'd understand
             
Ah, when you s

#            
ee it then you

        
'd understand


[INSTRUMENTAL]
         
      


[PRE-CHORUS]
            
All those sign

              
s, I knew what

      
 they meant
              
Some things yo

  
u can't invent
            
Some get made 

             
and some get s

        
ent, ooh


[CHORUS]
             
And birds go f

             
lying at the s


peed of sound
             
To show you ho

         
w it all began
              
Birds came fly

             
ing from the u


nderground
             
If you could s

#            
ee it then you

        
'd understand
             
Ah, when you s

#            
ee it then you

                          
'll understand


[ENDING]