That looks out on the sea
Anybody here know
Where such a place is?
Surf of golden sunlight
Breaking over me
Man of a thousand faces
In the Garden paths take form
But the hailstorm guards its own
Things forbidden, things unknown
You must travel on alone
In memoriam friends come round
But the hard ground holds its own
Time for pulling, time to ride
It's my turn but where's the guide?
On the jetty shadows lie
And the gulls cry once or twice
Swelling thunder, truth is hid
Behind the glass eye of the idol...
Anybody here know
Where such a place is?
You know, these city towers,
Jewels on the Serpent's crown,
Twist the space between them
Till every eye is blinded
Lord will you trade your sunlit ocean
With its writhing filigree
For any one of my thousand faces?
I'm looking to be by a window That looks out on the sea Anybody here know Where such a place is? Surf of golden sunlight Breaking over me Man of a thousand faces In the Garden paths take form But the hailstorm guards its own Things forbidden, things unknown You must travel on alone In memoriam friends come round But the hard ground holds its own Time for pulling, time to ride It's my turn but where's the guide? On the jetty shadows lie And the gulls cry once or twice Swelling thunder, truth is hid Behind the glass eye of the idol... Anybody here know Where such a place is? You know, these city towers, Jewels on the Serpent's crown, Twist the space between them Till every eye is blinded Lord will you trade your sunlit ocean With its writhing filigree For any one of my thousand faces? Explain Request ×
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