We were brothers there, we were running away   In a mountain town on the other side of the world   And I remember the night as clear as day   I wanted to leave but you had to stay   You were high on romance   And on a one-on-one with Fate   You stepped outside just for a moment   For a cigarette and to watch the stars   And that was all you said   And one by one we came outside, shouting for you, shouting for you   The laughter swallowed by the trees, shouting for you      Do the gods take the children, do the gods take the children   That belong to them, that belong to them?   Do the gods take their children, do the gods take their children   Their mark upon you, their mark upon you      The hours turned to days and the days began to stretch   And the shepherds combed the hills   The way they search for straying sheep   Before they're taken by the wolves   And I tried to think about who was there   Put pictures of you everywhere but there were only questions   And the local police shrugged their shoulders   Said the files are all still open, empty pages, nothing more      Do the gods take the children, do the gods take the children   That belong to them, that belong to them?   Do the gods take their children, do the gods take their children   Their mark upon you, their mark upon you      And for a while in hometown street   There were candles lit in every window   But soon it dwindled just to one   And the frantic phone-calls became shorter   And no one speaking English now   And nothing much to tell anyhow   And the wilderness we carry with us   It's like a dream of innocence      And the gods take their children, and the gods take their children   Their mark upon you, their mark upon you   Do the gods take their children, do the gods take their children   I miss you, I miss you