I was standing on the shore, facing an open Sea I was listening to the sound of the waves breaking And I thought of all the words that they were whispering They it kept changing I was standing in the midst of the great company Listening to the voices in ecstasy And I watched as all creation was sang into being But it kept changing And it was changing And all at once I caught a pulse and felt a rhythm And I thought of the Song of the Ages But then the balance slipped and opened up a schism And I felt like raging I was staring at the clouds, the rain began to fall softly Filling up the rivers in Texas And I thought of you as maybe you're once thought of being We were changing And we kept changing And all at once I saw a hole into the future And I thought of the Bells of Creation I heard the voice of God encoded in the music And I felt like Satan and I felt like Satan We were standing on the shore, facing an open Sea Listening the sound of the waves breaking And I turned to you and said that we should never leave But we changed