The Gate

Over land, I traveled time and space and quicksandAnd for sixty days I knew no other roadAnd through the maelstrom, we turned in time with the kick drumI was swallowed and twisted and spit out on a coastAnd in this place there stands a gate that leads to the heart of the cityAnd I've spent seven years and a sea of fears in this broken mirror of a cityListen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the citySweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eyeAnd I remembe feeling alrightAnd I saw black clouds and Turin shrouds and it smelled of a faded empireIt's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheelAnd the mayor's just a gun for hireListen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the cityListen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the cityI've heard the song the morning singsOutside the gate is everythingLet in the light! Let in the light!Streetwalker said to me she has no need for historyShe has the key, she has the keySweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eyeLet in the light! Let in the light!Waking up from a dream where I was the stone and you were the streamChemical City isn't all that you need but it's all that you're gettingAnd they've hidden the keyListen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the cityListen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the cityLet in the light! Let in the light!I said this place is an unnatural disasterAnd I'm a visitor here so I asked her:Where are the trees, where are the trees?And she said free yourself from historyThat is the key! That is the key!Sweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eyeI see the light! I see the light!The gate is gone now, you better runCan you feel it? There's a heartbeat missing in the cityWhen all the fat cats are hissing at your pityYou better run, run run run...