"I Have Seen the After" from ROPE, perf. by Alex Brightman

by RYAN SCOTT OLIVER Lyrics SHY: I have seen the After. For some, it’s a wood, Dim but sweet to walk; Others, it’s an ocean, Smellin’ bright ’n white ‘n mist; —Or it’s all stone that’s burned… Yer After is whatever ye’ve earned. Trav’llin’ through the After, Ye’r soon at a gate Or a shore of sand — Aye, some entrance to a country Where ye’ll pass your goodly time. Ye shout, “Where’s the one who runs this show?” ‘N a soul steps near, Whisp’rin’ “Only we are here… Welcome to the After, Aye, welcome to the After, Aye, aye, aye, they sing! There, God is there. God is air, there. God is the mother ye thought lost, She’s yer husband, he’s yer child, ‘N now, you, too. Now, God is you, too. (As the rope.) God is over, under, through. Yet— This time in the After… I swear Daniel looked Right at me in a glass — The light turned gray and green Like the eyes as I once had — And he reached out his hand, Sayin’, “Leave my Deadland, Shy.” Smilin’ like the moon, “Goodbye, my friend,” he said. “We’ll be together… Soon.”