you will wake before the nightmare
shake the sleep off of your face
see the skulls against the moonlight
know this moment as a place

ten thousand years of blinking
lights that pierce your eyes
notice what you're thinking
the future's no surprise

we will burn the flags
we will tear it down
dig deep in to the soil
to unearth our sacred ground

rivers in the valley
iris in the eye
tiger stones on accident
we'll never need to try

we were born to live a lifetime
underneath a heathen sky
the burden of your children
spirit never dies

a universe expanding
we're confronting time and space
what is the inspiration?
what is the human race?

peer deep into the question
peer deep into the fire
understand there is no antecedent
no one has been a liar

the geometry of science
an imaginary game
that we will bring the future
and you will bear the flame

(and you will bear the flame)