From the recording The City Beneath My Skin
Lyrics
I hear it...
Under the stone...
Under my skin...
Dust moves softly
Around my feet
A silver doorway
Breathes in the heat
The empty streets
Bend out of line
As though the city
Remembers mine
My hands grow cold
My heartbeat slows
Something below me
Already knows
Every wall
Holds another sound
Every step
Pulls me farther down
Fallen towers
Hollow roads
They move beneath me
Like a pulse
Fallen towers
Hollow roads
They wake the silence
In my blood
I feel the ground
Turning slowly
I feel the dark
Opening wide
The city is not
Lost around me
The city is alive
Inside
Alive inside...
Alive inside...
Thin light trembles
Across the square
A nameless shadow
Waits in the air
The windows flicker
Without a flame
And every doorway
Almost says my name
My breath breaks loose
The skyline sways
A buried rhythm
Moves through the gray
Every stone
Leans into my mind
Every echo
Leaves the world behind
Fallen towers
Hollow roads
They move beneath me
Like a pulse
Fallen towers
Hollow roads
They wake the silence
In my blood
I feel the ground
Turning slowly
I feel the dark
Opening wide
The city is not
Lost around me
The city is alive
Inside
Ooh...
Ah...
Under the stone...
I came here
Looking for ruins
But the ruins
Looked through me
I touched the dust
It held my warmth
I heard the walls
They knew my voice
What disappeared
Was never gone
It waited here
Without a sound
Now every line
Begins to move
Every shape
Is breaking through
My chest is light
My body turns
Something forgotten
Starts to burn
Fallen towers
Hollow roads
They rise beneath me
Like a wave
Fallen towers
Hollow roads
They pull the hidden
From its grave
I feel the ground
Turning faster
I feel the sky
Open inside
The city is not
Lost around me
The city is alive
Inside
Fallen towers
Hollow roads
They move beneath me
Like a pulse
Fallen towers
Hollow roads
They wake the silence
In my blood
It was never gone...
It was never gone...
It was waiting...
Under the stone...
Under my skin...
Alive inside...
Alive inside...