He wakes before the Sun comes up Leaves the sleeping house to collect more sound He stands in reverence under towering trees Tall as houses Did you ever imagine A world without seeing it As the night came in he was listening To a universe magnetized He heard everything It came with a fading light Bringing familiar rooms into shadow now He tapes every morning all the risen sounds With this wow and flutter Did you ever imagine A world without seeing it As the night came in he was listening To a universe magnetized He heard everything As the dark came down he was listening To a thousand dawns caught before He heard everything