Lanterns

Dust to dust and mouth to brain
I lie myself down in the grain
Wait to be a phoenix or a firefly
And ash to ash, the buildings fall
Replaced by one unyielding wall
An overture to everlasting peace

When you’re just too numb to feel it
Do you feel nothing at all?

You can’t light the lanterns
Without a fire, a fire, a fire
You can’t move a mountain
But hooray, hooray, hooray for your darkest day
Cos from the dust you’ll rise again

Coast to coast of endless caves
Your heart was almost drowned by waves
And left there inaccessible by land
But hooray, hooray, the darkest days
For your young heart will beat again
All these broken promises will heal

When you’re just too numb to feel it
Do you feel nothing at all?

You can’t light the lanterns
Without a fire, a fire, a fire
You can’t move a mountain
But hooray, hooray, hooray for your darkest days
Cos from the dust you’ll rise again
Rise again

Hooray, hooray, hooray

When you’re just too numb to feel it
Do you feel nothing at all?
And when it’s still too dark to see it
Will you see nothing at all?

You can’t light the lanterns
Without a fire, a fire, a fire
You can’t move a mountain
But hooray, hooray, hooray for your darkest days
Cos from the dust you’ll rise again
Rise again

Hooray, hooray, hooray