[Spoken Intro]
I love you, New York City

[Verse 1]
I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon

[Chorus]
You were there in the turnstiles
With the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
God, you know what it means
To be too high
Too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon

[Verse 2]
I was grounded
You stretched toward the sky
I was dumbfounded by truth
You cut through the lies
I saw the rain dirty valley
You saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent
Hey!
You saw the whole of the moon

[Chorus]
With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
God, you know how it feels
To be too high
Too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon

[Bridge]
Unicorns and cannonballs
Palaces and piers
Trumpets towers and tenements
Wide oceans full of tears
Flags rags ferryboats
Scimitars and scarves
Every precious dream you've had
Underneath the stars

[Chorus]
Yes, you climbed on the ladder
With the wind at your heels
You came like comet
Blazing your trail
All too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon
The whole of the moon