Over land, I traveled time and space and quicksand
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And for sixty days I knew no other road
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And through the maelstrom, we turned in time with the kick drum
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I was swallowed and twisted and spit out on a coast
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And in this place there stands a gate that leads to the heart of the city
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And I've spent seven years and a sea of fears in this broken mirror of a city
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Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city
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Sweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eye
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And I remembe feeling alright
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And I saw black clouds and Turin shrouds and it smelled of a faded empire
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It's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheel
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And the mayor's just a gun for hire
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Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city
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Listen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the city
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I've heard the song the morning sings
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Outside the gate is everything
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Let in the light! Let in the light!
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Streetwalker said to me she has no need for history
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She has the key, she has the key
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Sweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eye
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Let in the light! Let in the light!
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Waking up from a dream where I was the stone and you were the stream
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Chemical City isn't all that you need but it's all that you're getting
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And they've hidden the key
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Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city
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Listen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the city
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Let in the light! Let in the light!
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I said this place is an unnatural disaster
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And I'm a visitor here so I asked her:
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Where are the trees, where are the trees?
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And she said free yourself from history
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That is the key! That is the key!
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Sweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eye
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I see the light! I see the light!
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The gate is gone now, you better run
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Can you feel it? There's a heartbeat missing in the city
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When all the fat cats are hissing at your pity
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You better run, run run run...
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The Gate
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| Sam Roberts |
