from a distance I see this cynical world has come to be      everything that it promised it never would become   from a distance I see the curtains draw to a close   on the dreamers and poets and all that you love   goes down with the setting sun      their words are written in stone, their faces adorned with gold   I've been to their sages and the wisdom of ages   but I've never been this cold   with cheshire cat smiles they shattered this trust   I used to have gold but it soon became dust   I don't believe in god, I don't believe in love,   but I've always believed in you      from a distance I feel the fabrics open in down in your eyes   holding close, holding fast, but always holding me down   in an instant I try to open these wings unlearning to fly   face up to the rain asleep in the stale underground      their words are written in stone, their faces adorned with gold   I've been to their sages and the wisdom of ages   but I've never been this cold   with all that you love, and all that you need   no matter how long you try to believe   in the dreams that won't come and the words   that won't go either way, in the end you know      one foot on the staircase, one foot on the plains   either way i'll be waiting for you in the sun and the rain   I've never been this high, I've never slipped this low   the things that I dream, the dreams that I love   are the only things left that you'll never know      you'll never know