we were younger then

arab architects

are strung up by their necks

singing

hallelujah

hallelujah

blessed be the lord

and now i'm drifting through the streets

drinking gypsy wine saying

i can't believe how strange it is to be alive right now

i see the good people trying

i remember when comfort was not an option

disciplined and strange

focused and restrained

we were younger then

if you need some quiet time

to process all that guilt

well the desert lasts for days and out there

there's nothing else to do

round here they turn ocean into land

and sell that land for gold

use that gold to build themselves bigger better homes

i see cranes on the horizon

i remember when comfort was not an option

disciplined and strange

focused and restrained

we were younger then

when i go to sleep

i hardly ever dream

and when i'm wide awake

i can't believe what i see

i see the good people trying

i remember when comfort was not an option

disciplined and strange

focused and restrained

we were younger then

when i go to sleep

i hardly ever dream

when i'm wide awake

i can't believe what i see

only in pictures before have i seen

anything like from where i am standing

looking i can't tell where the city stops

and the nothing begins

only in pictures before have i seen

anything like from where i am standing

looking i can't tell where the city stops

and the nothing begins

begins

begins

only in pictures before have i seen

anything like from where i am standing

looking i can't tell where the city stops

and the nothing begins

begins

begins

only in pictures before have i seen

anything like from where i am standing

looking i can't tell where the city stops

and the nothing begins

begins