Gate - Sam Roberts

Over land, I traveled time and space and quicksand 
And for sixty days I knew no other road 
And through the maelstrom, which turned in time with the kick drum 
I was swallowed and twisted and spit out on a coast 
And in this place there stands a gate that leads to the heart of the city 
And I've spent seven years and a sea of fears in this broken mirror of a city 
Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city 
Sweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eye 
And I remember feeling alright 
And I saw black clouds and Turin shrouds and it smelled of a faded empire 
It's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheel, and the mayor's just a gun for hire 
Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city 
Listen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the city 
I've heard the song the morning sings 
Outside the gate is everything 
Let in the light! Let in the light! 
Streetwalker said to me she has no need for history 
She has the key she has the key 
Sweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eye 
Let in the light! Let in the light! 
Waking up from a dream where I was the stone and you were the stream 
Chemical City isn't all that you need but it's all that you're getting and they've hidden the key 
Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city 
Listen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the city 
I said this place is an unnatural disaster 
And I'm a visitor here so I asked her: 
Where are the trees, where are the trees? 
And she said free yourself from history 
That is the key! That is the key! 
Sweet sunlight, I can see it in my mind's eye 
I see the light! I see the light! 
The gate is gone now, you better run 
Can you feel it? There's a heartbeat missing in the city 
When all the fat cats are hissing at your pity 
You better run, run run run...