It will change you like a lover when you dive below the reef
And see the phosphorescent colors shimmer way beyond belief
But when taken to the surface, all that color fades away
'Cause when lifted out of water, living coral turns to grey
But down deep - it's so bright - that the light won't leave you
You've seen - this sight - and they can't believe you
'Cause your words - go dull - and they never could explain
There is just no telling where you've been
On the map it shows the mountain, but I'd never seen a glimpse
Of the hundred miles of vista represented by an inch
That was just a trail of bread crumbs, all their words set out so clear
But there's nothing they could tell me that could ever take me here
To this view - this height - that the heart remembers
It's proof - It's life - It's the burning ember
My words - go cold - and there's nothing to explain
There is just no telling where I've been
When this sunrise sees me
The first light burns brand new
Seems so easy
To tell what I've been through
But my little camera can't keep up with panoramas all around
There's just too much view to capture when we stand on sacred ground
Though my mind cannot explain it, my heart's filled up to the sky
I know words could not contain it, but I'm fool enough to try
Then you smile - at me - and my heart is listening
Your eyes - they speak - and there's nothing missing
It's quiet - up here - we can listen to the wind
'Cause there's just no telling where we've been
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