Sunken City

Sunken City
 To be what you are is one thing
 To be what you want -- now that's something else
 You say you're finally afraid of something
 I'm holding your hand, I'm kind of scared myself.
 Though it might hurt, what's pulling so strong.
 The map of the sky has a place for you
 And we've all been alone so long
 We're footprints and handprints and knees in the dew.
 I like what you say though you're crying
 I know what you mean, I go there myself
 And it's hard to believe you'll be flying
 It's as hard and as easy as trust itself.
 You know it's not just the job or the goals
 Or the lover who changed while you stayed the same
 It's the future and it's needing us whole
 Let's go on a hunch and give this a name...
 And go in search of the sunken city
 I think it's as close as we are right now
 We don't have to move one sacred moment
 So why does it take so long to learn how
 Some things just pull so strong
 Like the map of the sky
 Is the map of your heart
 And we've all been apart so long
 We're footprints and handprints and knees in the dark.
 You know I was always the last to follow
 And I made it a point to be the first to laugh
 You know that kind of cool is kind of cold and hollow
 And you can write that on my epitaph.
 It was a flush dream, I woke to weep
 I leapt toward morning, no more to sleep
 No more to deny what's ours to safe keep
 The mind in the matter can do it without me.
 Let's go in search of the sunken city
 I think it's as close as we are right now
 We don't have to move a sacred moment
 So why does it take so long to learn how
 To be what you are is one thing
 To be what you want now that's something else
 You say you're finally afraid of something
 I'm holding your hand, I'm kind of scared myself.