The forest wakes in blue ash dawn A map of glass under my feet I hear the crows on the power wires And the river spell beneath the street Christmas lights in the alley rain Names burned into the pharmacy glass A girl in copper boots looks up Says, "Follow the moon through the iron pass" I keep my keys on a dragon bone chain And a storm in my pocket, tight and small Past the market of clockwork saints Past the mural with the broken crown wall Oh, the valley knows my name By the water and the ash Oh, the gates are breathing now And the old rules crack and crash Open the gate Open the gate We were born for the first light Open the gate Open the gate I can hear the hidden choir On the overpass, a fox sells fire In a jar with a salt-white lid The moon hangs low like a silver coin Over every secret we hid I saw a king in a old, black coat With a map of stars in his sleeve He said, "Take the stair where the rain runs west And leave your shadow at the archway please" Oh, the valley knows my name By the water and the ash Oh, the bells are waking up And the old walls split at last Open the gate Open the gate We were born for the first light Open the gate Open the gate I can hear the hidden choir Now the roofs turn gold And the sleepers rise With a myth in their mouths And a dawn in their eyes I won't kneel to the night I won't stay in the dust When the stairway sings my blood I will climb, I must Open the gate Open the gate We were born for the first light Open the gate Open the gate I can hear the hidden choir Open the gate Open the gate Let the whole sky answer back Open the gate Open the gate And we'll never lose the map And waking from sleep A sinking weight on my chest A felt hat and a wide smile and a familiar face
