From a fission in the fabric
From a snap in the spatial elastic
From explosion comes the static
And now the static's on me
From a default or a small space
From the sound of a voice up the staircase
From an old wound comes a new ache
And I'd forgotten the sting

Hear the relic radiation
Buzzing through the TV station
Did you ever think you'd say
You know what you know
You've seen what you've seen?
Some things never go
Some things never leave

The pattern of the world emerges to me
Like the shadow of branches spread out under a tree
And when I close my eyes all these colors I see
Oh you'd think there would be something in 'em
'Cause I'm breathing in a tempest atomic
And I use that air to make everything chronic
So I should stop looking for reason and logic
'Cause maybe there's more than we're given
I'll lie in the shade while I still can

Hear the relic radiation
All leftover from creation
Did you ever think you'd say
You know what you know
You've seen what you've seen?
Some things never go
Some things never leave

Some things never leave
They never leave
Some things never leave
They never leave

Hear the relic radiation
All leftover from creation
Did you ever think you'd say
You know what you know
You've seen what you've seen?
Some things never go
Some things never leave