Ancient Children

You got me hooked upon that song Five years and five lives long You were wrong and i was wrong This ship ain't coming home And I had no shadow to cast on this dream To bury its glow The traits of its face were traced by a child's hand It was born from their story but travelled with me We came to this shore We sat in a silent awe And the river drowned the sun And the trees wept through the night There was hope but now there's none And they cried their shadows dry See them play those ancient children Chalk bones and altered counterparts From the bedroom to the kitchen With their grandmothers hearts But then we shake up and the dream sinks Between the narrow cracks Of the house where we leave beating Our grandmothers hearts In my sleep i held you tight This day has been so long Your heart was getting tired I dreamt I walked you home