Stornoway - The Bigger Picture lyrics
[Stornoway - The Bigger Picture lyrics]
You may have seen the thread of silver
On the window in the bathroom
That was thicker than the thread
Your heart was hanging from
You may have seen the lid of
Darkness clamping down upon a sunset
No less tightly than your
Heart was beating strong
In the bigger picture
There's a thread thirteen times thinner
In the bigger picture
There's a lid fourteen times tighter
In the bigger picture
There's a night fifteen times darker
And it'll hold you like no other
In the bigger picture
You may have seen the first star flickering
In the park one summer evening
No less faintly than the dream
Your heart was wishing on
You may have seen the seagull circling
On the haze above the factory
With more purpose than the course
Your life was on
But, if you haven't seen the
Places you have come from
Then you haven't seen how far you have come
In the bigger picture
There's a star sixteen times fainter
In the bigger picture
There's a course seventeen times straighter
In the bigger picture
There's a dream eighteen times greater
And it'll steer you like no other
In the bigger picture
You may have seen the blazing bonfire
Burning bright in fickle beauty
That was turned to lifeless
Ashes in the morning
You may have seen the single snowdrop
Where it shivered in the graveyard
No less fragile than the soul
To which you cling
But, if you haven't seen the
People you have come from
Then you haven't seen the
Person you've become in the bigger picture
There's no answer to your prayers
(in the bigger picture) but there's
A billion other fires in the bigger picture
You'll learn how to build yours higher
When you've seen the savage wonder
In the bigger picture in the bigger picture
There's a sea breeze three times fresher
And it'll make your two eyes water
In the bigger picture
On the window in the bathroom
That was thicker than the thread
Your heart was hanging from
You may have seen the lid of
Darkness clamping down upon a sunset
No less tightly than your
Heart was beating strong
In the bigger picture
There's a thread thirteen times thinner
In the bigger picture
There's a lid fourteen times tighter
In the bigger picture
There's a night fifteen times darker
And it'll hold you like no other
In the bigger picture
You may have seen the first star flickering
In the park one summer evening
No less faintly than the dream
Your heart was wishing on
You may have seen the seagull circling
On the haze above the factory
With more purpose than the course
Your life was on
But, if you haven't seen the
Places you have come from
Then you haven't seen how far you have come
In the bigger picture
There's a star sixteen times fainter
In the bigger picture
There's a course seventeen times straighter
In the bigger picture
There's a dream eighteen times greater
And it'll steer you like no other
In the bigger picture
You may have seen the blazing bonfire
Burning bright in fickle beauty
That was turned to lifeless
Ashes in the morning
You may have seen the single snowdrop
Where it shivered in the graveyard
No less fragile than the soul
To which you cling
But, if you haven't seen the
People you have come from
Then you haven't seen the
Person you've become in the bigger picture
There's no answer to your prayers
(in the bigger picture) but there's
A billion other fires in the bigger picture
You'll learn how to build yours higher
When you've seen the savage wonder
In the bigger picture in the bigger picture
There's a sea breeze three times fresher
And it'll make your two eyes water
In the bigger picture