[Verse 1] We were born beneath bright banners Raised beneath a golden sky Taught the age of night was over Taught the old gods had to die So we built our towers higher Filled the heavens with our praise Called ourselves the rightful future Children of a brighter age [Chorus] We built our cities in your absence Raised our monuments to light Swore we'd never bow to shadows Never need the ancient night Yet every evening when the darkness gathers Every sunset proves us wrong The road we thought we left behind us Has been beneath us all along [Verse 2] We mocked the hands that shaped the heavens Mocked the dark from which we came Covered every fearful question With another shining name Yet every dream escaped our reason Every grief escaped our plans And somewhere underneath our victories Walked the footprints of your hands [Pre-Chorus] For sleep still follows every labor Death still follows every breath Love still trembles in the darkness And hope still bargains with regret [Chorus] We built our cities in your absence Raised our monuments to light Swore we'd never bow to shadows Never need the ancient night Yet every evening when the darkness gathers Every sunset proves us wrong The road we thought we left behind us Has been beneath us all along [Bridge] And when the stars begin to falter And the final fire burns low Will the children of the daylight Have another place to go? When the seas forget their borders When the heavens lose their song Who will stand beyond the ending Waiting with the first dawn gone? [Final Verse] Sleep returned unto its mother Dreams returned unto the night Death returned unto its father Carrying the fading light World by world the heavens quieted Age by age the embers dimmed And the voices that once judged them Became the voices calling home again [Final Chorus] You were the silence before the singing The dark before the flame The roots beneath the tree of heaven The truth beneath the name You held each other through forever When forever was still young And when the last star closed its weary eyes Your ancient song was still being sung [Coda (Choir)] Ex tenebris... Ex silentio... Ex nihilo... We came from you... We return to you... Night and Darkness... Still together... At the end of all things.
