The Lily

I left the sign with a candle

In the street light that shone there oh

Where through the night the people danced

In linen and smoke

I still remember, the song in my head

Each palm in time, every face in that light

As their mouths bellowed

Now they tell me she's just vanished

Some other place by the sea

But to me she was banished

By herself, not by me

No I still remember the streelights of old

Now dull in the night

And the dancers gone quiet

But the sea still bellows

See the island on fire

And the towers alight

And built in silos of sea

Underneath every street

Lily small covered cities born us

And ancient rubble of time stolen

Where the walls tremor under the sky

Covered day after day by the tide

Could I save them if I tried?

If only I could

We shine our light across the ocean

The joy of this city has burned

We shine our light across the ocean

The fire on ships will return to shine our light

We shine our light

We shine our light