You may have seen a thread of silver On the window in the bathroom
That was thicker than the thread your heart was hanging from
You may have seen a lid of darkness Clamping down upon a sunset
No less tightly than your heart was being strung
In the bigger picture theres a thread thirteen times thinner
In the bigger picture theres a lid fourteen times tighter
In the bigger picture theres 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 that you were wishing on
You may have seen the seagulls 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 theres a star sixteen times fainter
In the bigger picture theres a course seventeen times straighter
In the bigger picture theres a dream eighteen times greater
And it ll steer you like no other in the bigger picture
You may have seen a blazing bonfire Burning bright with fickle beauty
That was turned to lifeless ashes in the morning
You may have seen a 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 youve become
In the bigger picture theres no answer to your prayers
In the bigger picture but theres 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 theres a sea breeze three times fresher
And it ll make your two eyes water in the bigger picture