[Verse 1]
The council arrived at Level one
Fold one
Just the right time
(everyone went still)
(the kind of still that means do not touch anything)
(do not say the wrong thing)
(do not say anything)
Young Yeshaw was already there
He was eating soup
(the pepper made it better)
[Pre-Chorus]
The crew looked at the council
The council looked at the crew
Nobody moved
Then Cassie said it first
[Spoken]
[Cassie:] We are from a different time
[Chaos:] Also we are famous where we come from
[Cassie:] Chaos
[Chaos:] I am just providing context
[Chorus]
Council counsel
Do not mess up history
Do not touch anything
Do not name anything that has not happened yet
We are visitors
We are very careful visitors
(Some of us)
(Mostly)
[Verse 2]
Asala saw her first
Across the room
Her young self
At the far end of the council table
(she went very still)
(then she went somewhere else entirely)
[Spoken]
[Persy:] Where is Asala going
[Rion:] She is not coming back
[Persy:] Is she alright
[Rion:] She is handling it
(Persy did not ask how)
(he already knew)
The young Asala had not looked up
She was listening to the council
She was already thinking
(she had always been thinking)
[Pre-Chorus 2]
The council counted them
The crew counted the council
Nobody’s numbers agreed
This was a problem for later
(the soup was here now)
[Chorus 2]
Council counsel
Do not mess up history
Do not touch anything
Do not name anything that has not happened yet
We are visitors
We are very careful visitors
(Some of us)
[Bridge]
The room happened all at once
[Crotus:] Would you like some
(the soup moved around the table)
(young Yeshaw had a second bowl)
(the pepper made it better again)
[Chaos:] Before we get into everything
[Cassie:] No!
[Chaos:] The bounty
[Cassie:] No!
[Chaos:] I am just asking if they have heard of
[Cassie:] No!
Cygnus danced - he is Steve here
(a small one)
(to mark the moment)
Ruin knocked over something structural
Mayhem caught it
In the catching knocked over something else
Havoc found a different ceiling
[Cassie:] Brome
[Brome:] ready
[Cassie:] do not
[Brome:] (ready)
[Brome:] (the chair did not survive)
Persy said: I am excellent at this
Rion said: I am better at this
[Cassie:] You are both sitting down
[Persy:] excellently
[Rion:] better
Madela had found a corner
Madela had found a different corner
Madela was cleaning
(she had already cleaned the first corner)
(she was ahead of the room)
[Pre-Chorus 3]
The council watched all of this
They did not understand all of this
They understood enough
[Final Chorus - key lift]
Council counsel
They have seen the fragment
They recognize the fragment
They need three days to fix it
Three days and we go home
Three days and we are back where we belong
(do not mess up history for three more days)
[Outro]
[Asala:] (from somewhere else entirely) How long
[Cassie:] Three days
[Asala:] (good)
The council began the work
The room settled
(young Yeshaw had a third bowl)
(he was really enjoying the soup)
(the pepper made it better)
(the pepper always made it better)
Three days
They just had to not break history
For three more days
(they looked at Ruin)
(at Havoc)
(at Brome)
(at Chaos)
(maybe two days)
And Cygnus danced - He is Steve here.