The ink has now dried and the ledger is bound We buried the record deep under the ground The Nenana freezes, the current goes still The winter has swallowed the valley and hill The investigation is finally through There is nothing to question, there is only you The fire is low and the shadows are tall We’ve outlived the architects, outlived it all. Chorus (Sung softly, almost as a whisper, with long pauses between the phrases. The acoustic guitar is barely there, just echoing lightly in the background.) So close your eyes tight... let the oceans go black... We crossed over the border... and we ain't looking back... Let the saints have their gold... and their blinding white light... We found our own kingdom... deep in the night... Where the stars never burn... and the shadows run deep... In the dark side of heaven... forever to keep. Verse 2 Let the old cities rot, let their memory fade We are perfectly safe in the bed that we made The witness is tired, the seeker can rest We passed through the fire and finished the test No more looking upward to decipher the sky No more needing a reason, no asking why Just the dark of the room and the hold of your hand The permanent lords of this desolate land. Bridge (The music drops away entirely. Just the sound of wind howling against timber and the distant, heavy crack of river ice settling.) There is no one to find us out here in the freeze No signals to catch on the shivering breeze The sidereal wheel can keep turning above But down in the dark is the end of the love. A story complete, without failure or flaw The greatest rebellion the world never saw. Chorus (Just raw vocals, no instruments at all. Intimate and final.) So close your eyes tight, let the oceans go black We are crossing the border and we ain't looking back Let the saints have their gold and their blinding white light We’ll find our own kingdom deep in the night Where the stars never burn and the shadows run deep In the dark side of heaven, forever to keep. Outro The book is on the shelf. The borders are closed. The investigation is over. Rest now. Deep in the night. Forever to keep. (The vocals fade into the ambient sound of the arctic wind. The wind blows for a solid ten seconds before slowly dying down into absolute, unbroken silence. The album ends.)
