The Gate-Sam Roberts

[ti:The Gate] [ar:Sam Roberts] [al:Chemical City] [by:] [offset:0] [01:20.48]Over land I traveled time and space and quicksand [01:24.16] [01:25.85]And for sixty days I knew no other road [01:29.10] [01:32.46]And through the maelstrom which turned in time with the kick drum [01:39.39]I was swallowed and twisted and spit out on a coast [01:42.14] [01:45.07]And in this place there stands a gate that leads to the heart of the city [01:51.00]And I've spent seven years and a sea of fears in this broken mirror of a city [01:56.37] [01:57.80]Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city [02:00.44] [02:01.82]Sweet sunlight well I can see it in my mind's eye [02:06.87] [02:07.55]Yeah I remember feeling alright [02:08.10] [02:13.03]And I saw black clouds and Turin shrouds and it smelled of a faded empire [02:18.71] [02:19.40]It's all concrete and steel we're asleep at the wheel and the mayor's just a gun for hire [02:25.26] [02:26.26]Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city [02:29.45] [02:32.56]Listen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the city [02:37.06] [02:44.54]I've heard the song the morning sings [02:46.60] [02:47.66]Outside the gate is everything [02:49.79] [02:50.65]Let in the light Let in the light [02:52.84] [02:53.65]Streetwalker said to me she has no need for history [02:58.21] [02:59.52]She has the key she has the key [03:01.39] [03:02.64]Sweet sunlight I can see it in my mind's eye [03:07.63] [03:08.32]Let in the light Let in the light [03:10.38] [03:33.82]Waking up from a dream where I was the stone and you were the stream [03:39.08] [03:40.01]Chemical City isn't all that you need but it's all that you're getting and they've hidden the key [03:47.62] [03:49.99]Listen to the streets there's a heartbeat missing in the city [03:52.74] [03:56.30]Listen to the sound there's a time bomb ticking in the city [03:59.13] [04:09.53]I said this place is an unnatural disaster [04:11.96]And I'm a visitor here so I asked her [04:14.39] [04:15.51]Where are the trees where are the trees [04:17.58] [04:19.26]And she said free yourself from history [04:23.65]That is the key That is the key [04:25.26] [04:26.64]Sweet sunlight well I can see it in my mind's eye [04:31.82] [04:32.75]I see the light I see the light [04:34.44] [04:47.48]The gate is gone now you better run [04:49.02] [04:57.35]Can you feel it There's a heartbeat missing in the city [05:03.40] [05:03.97]When all the fat cats are hissing at your pity [05:06.65] [05:07.21]You better run run run run