Vigilantes of Love
To the Roof of the Sky (Live at the 40 Watt)
[Spoken Intro]
This song is called "To the Roof of the Sky."

[Verse 1]
This is where the light
Starts to go backward
It fades in a shimmer off that Western rim
The path of ice that forms
From this spot stretches southward
It's rumored here it got the best of him

[Chorus]
To the roof of the sky--what does she hold?
In your room made of wind and of snow
Leaving God only knows what
Yeah, down below
Down below

[Verse 2]
Others with their crude maps
And equally crude instruments
Sounded out the heights and found another’s secrets
Experience has led you to this dreamless sleep
And all that's left you is another
A hundred feet
[Chorus]
To the roof of the sky--what does she hold?
In your room made of wind and of snow
Leaving God only knows what
Down below
Down below

[Verse 3]
This is where the light
Starts to hesitate and flicker
Colors bleed from once-favorable skies
This is where your party lost
All its last contact
A step below your point
In the sky, yeah

[Chorus]
To the roof of the sky--what does she hold?
In your room made of wind and of snow
Leaving God only knows what, oh, oh
Down below
Down below
Down below
Oh, down below

[Pedal Steel Solo]