[Verse 1: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten]
As one child is taught red on his mother's knee
The one true colour
A neighbor is taught blue on his mother's knee
The one true colour

[Bridge: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten]
With a fervour inherited
It will be subsequently delivered
Ignore the spectrum

[Refrain: Rou Reynolds]
Dear whom it may concern
I feel as though I'm about to crash and burn
I think I'm falling and there's no return
But I've no idea to whom this may concern
I'm looking out at all the stars and I learn
There's no one up above to hear me yearn
I'm on my own

[Verse 2: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten]
In the arena of the endless unknown
Do not stage theatre
Do not stage theatre and call it truth
And call it truth
[Bridge: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten]
And when one child is taught red on his mother's knee
It must be subsequently delivered
With all of the spectrum

[Refrain: Rou Reynolds]
Dear whom it may concern
I feel as though I'm about to crash and burn
I think I'm falling and there's no return
But I've no idea to whom this may concern
I'm looking out at all the stars and I learn
There's no one up above to hear me yearn
I'm on my own

[Interlude: Rou Reynolds]
Someone has ripped the carpet from beneath my feet
Someone upturned the furniture in my mind

[Bridge: Rou Reynolds]
But, oh, how rich the soil
How wondrous the upheaval
It's time to embark
But, oh, how rich the soil
How wondrous the upheaval
It's time to embark
[Pre-Chorus: Rou Reynolds, Rob Rolfe and Chris Batten]
(But, oh, how rich the soil)To dissect is to broaden the adventure
(How wondrous the upheaval) And enrich one's tenure
So do not blunt the surgeon's knife (It's time to embark)
(But, oh, how rich the soil)To dissect is to broaden the adventure
(How wondrous the upheaval) And enrich one's tenure
So do not blunt the surgeon's knife(It's time to embark)

[Chorus: Rou Reynolds]
But, oh, how rich the soil
How wondrous the upheaval
It's time to embark
But, oh, how rich the soil
How wondrous the upheaval
It's time to embark

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, there's so much to explore
There's so much to absorb
And then the atoms that you borrowed
They are returned to the cosmos
There's so much to explore
There's so much to absorb
And then the atoms that you borrowed
They are returned when you're...