The Bigger Picture

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...