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,well I can see it in my mind's eye
 Yeah 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, well 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...