I Didn’t Build the Sky

[Intro]
There’s a crack above the doorway
I’ve been watching it for years

[Verse 1]
There’s a crack above the doorway
Looks a little like the coast
Some days it’s almost nothing
Some days I keep my coat on
I can tell you where it started
I can show you where it ends
Every time somebody visits
I explain the house again

[Pre-Chorus]
Then you hung your jacket
Right beneath the mark
Asked me what was playing
And turned the music up

[Chorus]
I didn’t build the sky
I don’t have to hold it up
Let the clouds go where they’re going
Let them cover what they want
I’ve been standing underneath it
With my shoulders to my ears
I didn’t build the sky
And it’s still here

[Verse 2]
There’s a man across the landing
Who can sleep through anything
All the pipes can start their knocking
He’ll be dreaming through the din
I was halfway through a warning
When he offered me a peach
With the juice down to my elbow
I forgot to finish it

[Pre-Chorus]
Something in the hallway
Gave its usual groan
He went back to reading
I left it alone

[Chorus]
I didn’t build the sky
I don’t have to hold it up
Let the clouds go where they’re going
Let them cover what they want
I’ve been standing underneath it
With my shoulders to my ears
I didn’t build the sky
And it’s still here

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
I thought I heard it falling
Every time the wind got loud
You said, “Come here a second”
There were swallows wheeling round
I watched them miss each other
I watched them disappear
I couldn’t tell you how
They knew which way to steer

[Final Chorus]
I didn’t build the sky
I don’t have to hold it up
Let the clouds go where they’re going
Let them cover what they want
There’s a crack above the doorway
There are birds above the street
I didn’t build the sky
It never needed me

[Outro]
It never needed me
It never needed me
I didn’t build the sky
And it’s still here