"Aperture" lyrics

I don't remember asking for any of this
Life and death at the same time
It's not how we imagined it when we were kids
Descending from the same life
We finally learned to open up the aperture
Such a long time coming
This far along, you thought you would be happier
But in the distance I can hear the drumming

Come alive, come alive, come alive
What does it feel like?
Come alive, come alive, come alive
What does it feel like?

'Cause I can tell your heart's not in it
What would it take to realize
There is no end and no beginning?
There's only now
Open your eyes
Come alive, come alive, come alive
What does it feel like?

You and I were just ghosts in the machinery
Hiding there in plain sight
Moving too fast to make sense of the scenery
Always falling from a great height
You get tired of hearing, "It is what it is
You'll never rise above it"
I know this place has always been mysterious
But life's too short to be afraid of it

And I can tell your heart's not in it
What will it take to realize
There is no end and no beginning
There's only now, open your eyes
Someday you'll find all you've left behind
And wonder why your heart's not in it
It's not too late for you and I

Time was made for running out
Don't know why it took so long
Sun was made for coming out
Even though the night is long

I wonder why your heart's not in it
What will it take to realize
There is no end and no beginning
There's only love
The nucleus dividing and repeating at the speed of light
I wonder why your heart's not in it
It's not too late, open your eyes

Come alive, come alive, come alive
What does it feel like?
Come alive, come alive, come alive
What does it feel like?

Time was made for running out
Don't know why it took so long
Sun was made for coming out
Even though the night is long