[Verse 1]
The others are not concerned
Asala said this the way you say a thing
You have said before
About people who were not concerned
Before
Basala said: they were not there
Asala said: no
Basala said: they do not know what a star looks like
When it moves before it should
Asala said: they will
[Pre-Chorus]
One quintillion years is long enough to forget
Unless you were the one who made the rule after
Unless you were the two
Who wrote the law into every fold
Into every Book
Into every instruction given to every The One
In every system
Unless you were the two who made sure
This would never happen again
[Chorus]
We have seen this before
We know what follows
The last time something moved like this
The universe held its breath
We built the walls, we wrote the law
We sealed the door against what comes next
We have seen this before
And we will not watch it happen again
[Verse 2]
His system was always underestimated
Basala said this carefully
Asala said: say the rest
Basala said: he knew it — he used it
A system nobody watches closely
Is a system where things can be done
That cannot be done elsewhere
She was never told (the law)
Because his system has always operated
As though the law applied to everyone
Except his system
(and it did not)(and nobody noticed)(until now)
[Bridge — the star reference]
Basala said: two things not in the Book
In the same fold at the same time
Asala said: yes
Basala said: that has only happened once before
Asala said: yes
(a star)(just a star)(just a star that moved)(before it should have)
(and what came after)(we do not say what came after)(not yet)
[Final Chorus]
We have seen this before
We know what follows
The last time something moved like this
The universe held its breath
We built the walls, we wrote the law
We sealed the door against what comes next
We have seen this before
And this time we will not only watch
[Outro]
Basala said: the plan
Asala said: yes
Basala said: we start
Asala said: we start
(somewhere in this fold)(a star moved)(almost imperceptibly)(almost)