[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
             
And was happy 

              
I caved upon y

    
our insistence
              
'Cause now it 

  
all means some

thing
       
You and me,
             
in this ageles

         
s thing


[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 gods

              
 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 am r

              
aised up in a 


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?

[Interlude]
   [x4]


[Chorus]
      
And it takes a

nd it takes
           
And he moves a

              
nd he makes us

 
 of one mind
             
And he takes a

            
nd he takes, o

h
      
And it takes a

nd it takes
           
And he moves a

              
nd he makes us

 
 of one mind
            
And he takes a

            
nd he takes, o

oh


[Outro]
      
I was born and

 survived by s

ome cold inner

 space
             
'Til you calle

              
d out and told

      
 me I belonged

 in 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 and I'

              
ve paid my due

   
s

At least you'l

l know that I 

loved you