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Intro

 It's coming from so far away

 It's hard to say for sure

 Whether what I hear is music or the wind

 Through an open door

 There's a fire high in the [Eb#5]empty sky

 Where the sound meets the shore

 There's a long distance loneliness

Rolling out over the desert floor

 And the years that I spent lost in the mystery

 Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum

 Like a part of me

It speaks to the heart of me

 Forget what life used to be

You are what you choose to be

 It's whatever it [Eb#5]is you see

 That life will become

 Whatever it is you might think you have

 You have nothing to lose

 Through every dead and living thing

 Time runs like a fuse

 And the fuse is burning

 And the earth is turning

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 Though the years give way to uncertainty

 And the fear of living for nothing strangles the will

 There's a part of me

That speaks to the heart of me

 Though sometimes it's hard to see

 It's never far from me

 Alive in et[Eb#5]ernity

 That nothing can kill

Oh Lord

Are there really people starving still?

Look out beyond the walls of Babylon

 How long will their needs go unfilled

 I want to say right now I'm going to be a - round

(backgr. vocals: I'm going to be around)

 When the walls and towers are crumbling

(backgr. vocals: When the towers are tumbling down)

 And I will tune my spirit to the gentle sound

(backgr. vocals: I want to hear the sound)

 Of the waters lapping on a higher ground

(backgr. vocals: Of the children laughing)