Orphans
Think I'm stranded but I don't know whereI got this diamond that don't know how to shineIn the sun where these dark winds wailAnd these children leave their rulers behindAs we cross ten leagues from a RubiconWith matchsticks for my bonesIf we could learn how to freeze ourselves aliveWe could learn to leave these burdens to burn
Cast out these creatures of woeWho shattered themselvesFighting a fire with your bare hands
Now my journey takes me further southI want to hear what the blind men singWith their fossils and their gypsy bonesI'll stand beside myself so I'm not aloneAnd how can I new againWhat rusts every time it rains?And the rain it comes and floods our lungsWe're just orphans in a tidal wave's wake
If I wake up and see my maker comingWith all of his crimson and his iron desireWe'll drag the streets with the baggage of longingTo be loved or destroyedFrom a void to a grain of sand in your hand