[ti:The Gate]
[ar:Sam Roberts]
[al:Chemical City]
[by:lrc.d4321.com]
[01:20.480] Over land, I traveled time and space and quicksand
[01:25.850] And for sixty days I knew no other road
[01:32.460] And through the maelstrom, which turned in time with the kick drum
[01:39.390] I was swallowed and twisted and spit out on a coast
[01:45.070] And in this place there stands a gate that leads to the heart of the city
[01:51.000] And I've spent seven years and a sea of fears in this broken mirror of a city
[01:57.800] Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city
[02:01.820] Sweet sunlight,well I can see it in my mind's eye
[02:07.550] Yeah I remember feeling alright
[02:13.030] And I saw black clouds and Turin shrouds and it smelled of a faded empire
[02:19.400] It's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheel, and the mayor's just a gun for hire
[02:26.260] Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city
[02:32.560] Listen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the city
[02:44.540] I've heard the song the morning sings
[02:47.660] Outside the gate is everything
[02:50.650] Let in the light! Let in the light!
[02:53.650] Streetwalker said to me she has no need for history
[02:59.520] She has the key she has the key
[03:02.640] Sweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eye
[03:08.320] Let in the light! Let in the light!
[03:33.820] Waking up from a dream where I was the stone and you were the stream
[03:40.010] Chemical City isn't all that you need but it's all that you're getting and they've hidden the key
[03:49.990] Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city
[03:56.300] Listen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the city
[04:09.540] I said this place is an unnatural disaster
[04:11.960] And I'm a visitor here so I asked her
[04:15.510] Where are the trees, where are the trees?
[04:19.270] And she said free yourself from history
[04:23.650] That is the key! That is the key!
[04:26.640] Sweet sunlight, well I can see it in my mind's eye
[04:32.760] I see the light! I see the light!
[04:47.480] The gate is gone now, you better run
[04:57.350] Can you feel it? There's a heartbeat missing in the city
[05:03.970] When all the fat cats are hissing at your pity
[05:07.210] You better run, run run run...