The Greater Wings

I drank the air to be nearer to you Voices widen through the room Distant galaxies move I'm not here for nothing Music in the walls You were in the moment With your life across the chord Was this always or never before? I feel it, the tilt of the planet Panorama of the valley Measure me by what I've risked For these are not ordinary moments But the circle that I traced in the palm of my hand You're always in the band Forever underground Name my grief to let it sing To carry you up on the greater wings Pink noise, moonrise, devotion It is not what is seen but what is known forever I hope never to arrive here With nothing new to show you as so many others have And we hold the pact Forever underground Still rising to sing To carry you up on the greater wings