[Verse 1] You're a long damn way from North Carolina now What a goddamn victory, I guess Swimmin' it up like a**holes at Sinalei The way my ancestors did And if they found me face down and dead in the chuck At least they'd know that I loved you this much And was happy I caved upon your insistence 'Cause now it all means something You and me, in this ageless thing [Chorus] And it takes and it takes And it moves and he makes us of one mind And he takes and he takes [Verse 2] And I wish I could make it so you could see yourself Just seeing everything Whatever it's called out there in the firmament A screed, a view in an endless feed Of disquiet I never knew I had, I guess But I am full to the head with unsayable things That I don't want to forget [Chorus] And it takes and it takes And it moves and he makes us of one mind And he takes and he takes And it takes and it takes And it moves and he makes us of one mind And he takes and he takes [Verse 3] Tenterhooks, 'cause the gods know that I am tender prey And heaven knows that if they balled me away Would I reach your love again? Flawless paradise and I am raised up in a sky blue sky In a bad deed with no good alibis Will I see your love again? Will I feel your love again? [Chorus] And it takes and it takes And he moves and he makes us of one mind And he takes and he takes, oh And it takes and it takes And he moves and he makes us of one mind And he takes and he takes, ooh [Outro] I was born and survived by some cold inner space 'Til you called out and told me I belonged in this place And when my body was splayed in a miracle mile "Let 'em catch me and kill me, let them take me in style" You're the only one, the only one That I know in some way I'll be thinking of When I've made my bed and I've paid my dues At least you'll know that I loved you