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
Down below

[Verse 2]
Others with their crude maps and equally crude instruments
They 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

[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

[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
Down below
Oh, down below

[Pedal Steel Solo]