First night, a stranger gave me a slice of his pizza Said wristband, lights, sound. That's the whole thing. And I took it. And I ate it. And I sat by his fire. And his dog came and slept on my string. By Saturday night I was somebody's son Somebody's father. Somebody's twin. And the people I never would've met Said sit. We been waiting. Come in. And the moss hung the cypress like cobwebs in October And the river ran past us the color of tea And the bats poured out of the trees at sunset And I knew where I was, and where I was meant to be You come as a guest. You leave as a family. Five thousand strangers all wearing one face. You come as a guest. You leave as a family. Yeah, this is what bodies are for. (Roll up! Roll up!) You come as a guest. You leave as a family. Wristband, lights, sound. Wristband, lights, sound. A mantra you don't have to think. Three things you bring, three things you leave with, Three things connecting the link. A woman named Cathy gave me her coffee At six in the morning, she didn't know me at all. A man named Jim gave me one of his shirts 'Cause my own was rained-through in the squall. And the moss hung the cypress like cobwebs in October And the river ran past us the color of tea And the bats poured out of the trees at sunset And I knew where I was, and where I was meant to be You come as a guest. You leave as a family. And nobody asked anybody their name. You come as a guest. You leave as a family. Yeah, this is what nights are for. (Roll up! Roll up!) You come as a guest. You leave as a family. A pirate. A beekeeper. A jellyfish lit from the inside. A grown man in pigtails. A child as a moth. Five thousand bodies all walking one way Toward whatever the night had to clench. And the wristband was holding the year I'd been gone for it. And the wristband was holding the year I'd been waiting on this. You come as a guest. You leave as a family. Five thousand strangers all wearing one face. You come as a guest. You leave as a family. Yeah, this is what bodies are for. ROLL UP! ROLL UP! ROLL UP! You come as a guest. You leave as a family.
