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we all look up at the same sky
but we all chase different stars
women aren't really from venus
real men are rarely from mars
I spread my wings to push the world away
'cuz that's what it means to fly
but I'm still looking for a place to flee to
and there are wolves at the gates of the sky
so now I tread in the steps of the stranger
who I follow 'cuz I can't understand
and the words she sent to destroy me
are what made my horizons expand
so though it's something I could never fake
I'll keep trying to cry
it feels a lot like thirst on an ocean
and there are wolves at the gates of the sky
ah, but when the howling calls for me
I will release my tears
it's the only way I'll find the strength
to build the kingdom of my fears
my fortress is the only thing
holding back the dawn
and I'll shun the shoes that I don't own
to walk where legends are born
your tale cut down my violence
where I'd lost the will to fight
and where the building is crumbling
it lets in a purer light
so I'll dance through the music of the casual storm
down to where the lows chase a high
and I'll go looking for a rat to run with
'cuz I can't run with the wolves at the gates of the sky
ah, but when the howling calls for me
if I'm drowning in my fate
it's my hunger that will lift me up
and give me patience to take my weight
my fortress is the only thing
holding back the day
and life will take off all my masks
before it lets me on the way
ah, but when the howling calls for me
I'll write the book of love and death
and the world will run away with me
until the end of breath
my fortress is the only thing
holding back the night
and so once more I ask
should I remain a creature of the light?
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The Garden of Tomorrow
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the morning starts with sunrise
you're still lying in my arms
you can still hear the choirs of angels
distantly singing psalms
there's nothing left but numbers
to count the magic hours
until we lose the blessing
of all the higher powers
but if this day is ending then I've nothing more to say
in the garden of tomorrow I couldn't see another day
I couldn't recognise the future I once saw from this place
but in the tree that grew there I could still see your face
and I cast away everything that I could do without
while you tore down the fortress you built around my doubt
now there's nothing left to see here
move on, move on, move on,
if you can't see my future then something must be wrong
the elevator lets us look
over everything we own
and I will always promise you
you'll never be alone
we can go out into space
and watch venus take a fall
but if I can't light your darkness then
am I a light at all?
and if this day is ending...
take me back to saturn
where the rings burn forever more
and I'll stare at this perfect jewel
searching for a flaw
prometheus is rising
with a burning torch in his hand
and if the gods don't answer
then I finally understand
'cuz if this day is ending...
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