It's getting late, and I wanna be with you downtown tonight
So let's make our way outside.
We'll pretend that we're different people
From some better life.
This city's full of expectation
We're all looking out for a sign.
And when the lights shine down
From these high glass mountains
We all feel more alive.
Sometimes it's hard to believe
that we will ever want to leave
Sometimes it's hard to believe
there's any place left for us to go.
Our brothers and their brothers before them
Drove nails right into the stone.
They hung up every dream they had
And they called this place their own.
The hearts that they used for feeling
Were as cracked and dry as their bones.
It's gonna be a long time
It's gonna be a long, long time
Before their memory is finally gone.
Sometimes it's hard to believe
in all these wonders that I see.
Sometimes it's hard to believe
in all these miracles.
Another hour among the ghosts
All the lovers come and go,
Above their heads they'll see us floating.
Oh they'll see us floating away
Into that deep, black night.
Maybe I've been one of the liars,
Just learning to tell the truth.
Maybe I've been one of the losers
Exposed before my accusers,
So lost to everyone I knew
But I hope this time
To become something new.
credits
from Eternal Return,
released December 31, 2018
Lyrics and Music written and performed by Gray Parsons
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