Nobelium

Lyrics

[Verse 1] They sealed the drawer in a basement room A numbered label, a paper moon A speck too brief for the eye to hold A borrowed name in a ledger old [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Don’t ask what the lock is for” I heard the little latch give way [Chorus] Nobelium, one-oh-two A secret with a name that won’t stay true Made in a flash, then gone from view Nobelium, what can a moment do? [Verse 2] The chart was pinned with a rusted tack We traced the row, then we doubled back No sample waiting on a shelf Just a trace that vanishes by itself [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Don’t ask what the lock is for” I heard the little latch give way [Chorus] Nobelium, one-oh-two A secret with a name that won’t stay true Made in a flash, then gone from view Nobelium, what can a moment do? [Bridge] Not a crown, not a cure, not a thing to keep Just a mark where the numbers meet Still we wrote it in the margin twice Like a brief small spark could outlast time [Final Chorus] Nobelium, one-oh-two A secret with a name that won’t stay true Made in a flash, then gone from view Nobelium, what can a moment do? Nobelium, one-oh-two A little lost fact we carried through Here in the book, though the trace withdrew Nobelium, what can a moment do? [Outro] One-oh-two, then the page turns blue A name in the book, and a room gone quiet