The Gate

Everything I've seen and done Feels like in a dream It's dark outside, a heron sleeps And we walk downstreams A gate of steel, cold and wide Rises from the ground The birds will never sing again But we still hear the sound Oh, I can't relate To the feeling that I get When I look into the wake Cities shivering across the lake Someday, I will row onto the other side For now, in my void I slide If it were light one would see The water turning red But no stars shine today Just clouds above our heads Could this last a little longer Maybe we can stay But it comes down, so we run faster Faster 'till the morning comes Oh, what have we done The feeling that I get When I look into the wake Cities shivering across the lake Someday, I will row onto the other side For now, in my hole I hide