Barely awake as the arm rushes by Six seven eight o'clock eight thirty nine There's a hole in the ceiling, it's bleeding you dry Something ain't working No, something ain't right So you sit up and aim for the door without sound An exit's an answer, at least for right now And your feet hit the carpet And start to excite Cause days like today, they come once in a lifetime Only once in a while Now you're out through the door with the sun in your eyes Stepped to the sidewalk, hopped over the lines And the salt is like lava, the snow solid ground Well, wasn't it winter three months ago now? Huddled up on the Red line You nap on the way Out past the school where those children would play And the shine of their wings Would put salt in your eyes Today it's the train but tomorrow we'll fly In the background, I'll be there Cause some things never leave you And in the off chance you see me Come waste your breath on me, babe In the background I'll be there Cause some things never leave you And in the off chance you see me Come waste your breath on me, babe Back on the bus, take it up to the lake Hot on the tracks now just miles away And you slip on the ice, send your face to the ground God, wasn't it winter three months ago now? In the sand there's a castle with magical things Cattails and dust bunnies Apples and rings And it grants you a wish, so you ask for the stars Says that's not what we do here, but here's where you'll start There's a boat by the shoreline, I've made it for you There's no need for maps now, it knows what to do There's a crack in the distance, a break in the clouds A hole in the background Yes, a hole in the background And soon as you sell To that wall in the sky You notice the crack in the cloud to your right So you tap on it once and tap on it twice It opens up slowly and boldly you cry "Well, I'm certain there's something, I'm certain there's more I'm certain there's somebody right through that door Yes, I'm certain there's something, I'm certain there's more I'm certain there's somebody right through that door I'm sure of it Yes, I'm sure of it Oh, I'm sure of it" In the background I'll be there In the background I'll be there In the background I'll be there In the background I'll be there