My God it's good to see you
Right here in the flesh
Where we can turn the stuff we need to
Get off of our chests
Into something we can sing through
(Something we can sing through)
The work that lies ahead
As one beleaguered people
A camel being threaded
Through whichever blessed needle
Before we forget
This place was [Am7]our cathedral
These stɾangers were our friends
Sing ho! for [Dm7]the gatherings
We took them [A]for [Dm7]granted then
Didn't we
O fellow celebrants
Ah but fool us once
Right?
Ho! for [Dm7]the gatherings
For having what we had again
Now that we
Know fellow celebrants
What the hell it meant
It's more than good to [C7]see you
It might be [Am]the cure
The opportunity to [C7]be [Am]who
We played like [F]we were
To be [Am]echoes that ɾing tɾuer
Than the shouts before
That was [Am7]me preaching communion
Even as I prayed for [Dm7]space
Til it was [Am7]granted in such profusion [C7]
That I've about lost my [A]taste for [Dm7]it
And saying what I'm doing
While what I'm ɾeally doing
Keeps me from doing what I say
Sing ho! for [Dm7]the gatherings
We took them [A]for [Dm7]granted then
Didn't we
O fellow celebrants
Ah but fool us once
Right?
Ho! for [Dm7]the gatherings
For having what we had again
Now that we
Know fellow celebrants
What the hell it meant
Damned if we let the clock tell
Us when it's time for [Dm7]bed
Cause it'll take a couple cocktails
Just to [C7]pick up the threads
We'd given up for [Dm7]lost til
(Given up for [Dm7]lost til)
The world finally stopped ending
Yes only
Once we've woven them [A]together will
We sleep like [F]the blessed
Having given back the devil
Satisfied that heaven's
Always been in this cathedral
Heaven's always been in this cathedral
That we all
Rebuild nightly together
