No Longer There

And though you'd like to hear a song That sings everything's all right The temperature is warm The fire horses sleep So gently comes the night You close your eyes and stare The ground they're on is bare But once it was as deep As wildest giants dreams It's no longer there And all of our desires They mirror skies with flames And smoke out heaven's halls Who was that you called They're no longer there Here it goes again Here it goes again Here it goes again What would you leave behind when all your fields are dead? When your territories are dried out and your cities drowned and swept What would you leave behind when those who bear your name Are born in that place that you wrecked? What would you leave behind when you're no longer there? Would you sail to distant shores? And hide within the hills And softly close your doors Pretend the world is safe And wait for heaven's call Or would you turn and face the seas And come beside your cave There's chance but if you dare And swift as honour's steeds Before it's no longer there Here it goes again Here it goes agaaain Here it goes aga .. ain! What would you leave behind when all your fields are dead? When your territories are dried out and your cities drowned and swept What would you leave behind When those who bear your name are born in that place that you wrecked? What would you leave behind when you're no longer there? To deny or to despair It's really just the same Everything between It means we have to change Cos when a one forgets The world begins to fade And all the shapes and shades That made the colours see When they suddenly turned grey That they're no longer there