At the start Deep in the ground The thunder brought Science and sound The sound, oh the sound Then the mud It flowed with man And equal parts of the ocean The spark, oh the spark The secret heart. Fast forward a thousand years A man and a woman understood the fear Of d**h, oh of d**h No record needed Just to sing with words Truer than they ever heard The art, oh the art. The secret heart As the years pa**ed like wine An old dark grey and withered vine Grew thorns, drew blood Men took on metal chests And women forced deep within themselves Felt pain, knew fear The secret heart. 'Cause ain't the human play Just a bunch of people dying? I've known madness, Desperation too But I promise that's not what I sing to you Right now, oh right now Things break down Like they always do But this time the odds lie in favor Of me and you