[Verse 1]
            
You're a long 

              
damn way from 

            
North Carolina

 now
              
What a goddamn

        
 victory, I gu

ess
            
Swimmin' it up

              
 like assholes

     
 at Sinalei
            
The way my anc

estors did
            
And if they fo

              
und me face do

              
wn and dead in

      
 the chuck
              
At least they'

              
d know that I 

  
loved you this

 much
            
I was happy I 

              
caved upon you

        
r insistence
              
'Cause now it 

    
all means some

thing
         
You      and m

           
e,     in this

       
 ageless thing

[Break]
   

[Chorus]
            
And it takes a

       
nd it takes
            
And it moves a

              
nd he makes us

  
 of one mind
            
And he takes a

       
nd he takes


[Verse 2]
            
And I wish I c

              
ould make it s

            
o you could se

e yourself
             
Just seeing ev


erything
            
Whatever it's 

            
called out the

           
re in the firm

ament
        
A screed, a vi

        
ew in an endle

ss feed
            
Of disquiet I 

            
never knew I h

   
ad, I guess
            
But I am full 

              
to the head wi

       
th unsayable t

hings
              
That I don't w

      
ant to forget


[Chorus]
            
And it takes a

       
nd it takes
            
And it moves a

              
nd he makes us

        
 of one mind
            
And he takes a

       
nd he takes
            
And it takes a

       
nd it takes
            
And it moves a

              
nd he makes us

     
 of one mind
            
And he takes a

       
nd he takes


[Verse 3]
            
Tenterhooks, '

              
cause the guys

              
 know that I a

   
m tender prey
              
And heaven kno

              
ws that if the

    
y balled me aw

ay
          
Would I reach 

your love agai

n?
            
Flawless parad

              
ise and I'm ra

              
ised up in the

       
 sky, blue sky
              
In a bad deed 

         
with no good a

libis
      
Will I see you

r love again?
            
Will I feel yo

           
ur love again?


[Chorus]

            
And it takes a

       
nd it takes
            
And it moves a

              
nd he makes us

        
 of one mind
            
And he takes a

       
nd he takes
            
And it takes a

       
nd it takes
            
And it moves a

              
nd he makes us

     
 of one mind
            
And he takes a

       
nd he takes


[Outro]
            
I was born to 

              
survive by som

       
e cold inner s

pace
           
'Til you calle

d out and told

 me I belong i

n this place
            
And when my bo

              
dy was splayed

            
 in a miracle 

mile
             
"Let 'em catch


 me and kill m

e, let them ta

ke me in style

"
            
You're the onl

              
y one, the onl


y one
              
That I know in

     
 some way I'll

 be thinking o

f
            
When I've made

              
 my bed, I've 

      
paid my dues
              
At least you'l

  
l know that I 

loved you

    
[to fade]