[Verse 1]
Something moved through Level 5 before we finished the stairs
(how fast)
Fast
(how big)
We don’t know yet
Aldric has a reading but the reading keeps changing
(that’s not supposed to happen)
I know
We split into formation
(which formation)
The one we agreed on
(we didn’t agree on one)
The one I’m pointing at right now
[Pre-Chorus]
The Hunter goes left
The Hero goes left
(I said you go right)
(I thought left meant both of us)
The Queen closes the gap without being asked
Castor is already three steps ahead of where I thought he’d be
(how did he know)
He always knows
[Chorus]
Appulse
Two things meeting in the dark
We chase and it turns
We flank and it shifts
Something moves through the cosmos that does not want to be found
We are six
And this is what six looks like
Learning
[Verse 2]
Aldric calls a position
(northwest by the third fold)
The Hero is already at the third fold
(he’s not)
He’s at the second fold
(I am absolutely at the third fold)
(that’s the wrong third fold)
The Hunter takes the shot anyway
It grazes
(grazes is not enough)
It’s a start
[Pre-Chorus 2]
The thing changes direction
Castor reads it before it moves
(left — go left NOW)
We go left
Three of us cover the gap
The Hunter reloads
The Queen is already in position for the second shot
She didn’t tell anyone she was going there
She didn’t have to
[Chorus 2]
Appulse
Two things meeting in the dark
We are messy and we are learning
And it is cornered now
Not because we were perfect
Because we were together
And together was enough
[Bridge]
Aldric’s map finally catches up to reality
(it’s surrounded)
Three sides
(our three sides)
Yes
The Queen holds the east without being told
The Hunter holds the west
Castor holds the north with one hand and signals with the other
I don’t know when we stopped explaining and started just knowing
But somewhere between Level 2 and here
Something settled
[Final Chorus]
Appulse
The moment two things finally meet
We had it cornered
And we held
And nobody asked who was in charge anymore
(she was always in charge)
(obviously)
I heard that
[Outro]
Aldric looks at his map
Then at where we are
Then at the map again
(the map is wrong)
The map has never been wrong
(the map is wrong)
He writes something down
Folds it twice
We don’t ask what it says yet
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