[Verse 1]
On the church tower beam, I stayed
Grey dawn on my feathers, Sunday shade
Below me, the bakery wakes the block
Same old road, same old ticking clock
Kids with kites and cracked-up shoes
Men with hands full of busted news
I watched their faces pass like rain
I held the sky through joy and pain
[Pre-Chorus]
And I seen the cracks in the painted walls
The love in the choir, the cuts in the calls
I kept my eyes on the hidden roads
While the whole town slept on what I know
[Chorus]
I see what they don’t
I know what they won’t
High on the tower, I hold the ghost
I see what they don’t
I know what they won’t
Small town soul, but I see the most
[Verse 2]
Thirty long winters on that wood
Thunder hit hard, but I still stood
Saw the mayor lie with a Sunday grin
Saw the poor man rise, then fall again
Saw a girl leave town with a red-lined bag
Saw her come back with a split-heart tag
Saw the fields turn gold, then black, then bare
Saw old men pray to the empty air
[Pre-Chorus]
And the bells rang out, and the years rolled by
I learned every tear in every goodbye
I kept my wings where the truth runs low
Watching that town from the place below
[Chorus]
I see what they don’t
I know what they won’t
High on the tower, I hold the ghost
I see what they don’t
I know what they won’t
Small town soul, but I see the most
[Bridge]
If you ask me why I never left
It’s not for the roof or the weathered crest
It’s for the ones who can’t say out loud
The hurt in the pews, the shame in the crowd
I’m the eyes in the morning blue
I’m the witness when the week breaks through
And every secret the town confides
Lives in the old wood under my eyes
[Final Chorus]
I see what they don’t
I know what they won’t
High on the tower, I hold the ghost
I see what they don’t
I know what they won’t
Small town soul, but I see the most
I see what they don’t
I know what they won’t
Still on the tower, I hold the ghost