Song That I Heard

In the same reckless city where Great Antonio died

On the island in the river with a mountain at its side

I came to scatter ashes of the bridges I had burned

And to know the name of the song that I heard

Yeah, to know the name of the song I heard

Like a moonlight mathematician I subtracted my concerns

And I multiplied my options and divided my returns

Sacrificed the angel who was tugging at my shirt

I was already claimed by the song that I heard

Yeah, already chained to the song I heard

From the corner of my eye I caught the shadow of a girl

But my shoes were tied together and my face was in the dirt

Her gentle eyes said everything before she said a word

I knew I was changed by the song that I heard

Yeah, I knew right away by the song I heard

In the cult of desperation we stay just behind the curve

No one here admits we're getting more than we deserve

I was born a first child and she was born a third

We were already named by the songs that we heard

Yeah, already cleaned by the songs we heard

Did I make you out a phoenix from the ashes of a bird?

Did we build our palace and watch it as it burned?

It’s kind of like a lesson that had to be unlearned

Like a fool-maker, fall taker

Forsaker, heartbreaker

Earth-quaker, soul shaker

Sooth sayer, moon bayer

Sun slayer, yeasayer

Mistaker, rattlesnaker

We are already changed by the songs we heard