[Intro] [syncopated overdriven bass riff, tight drum beat, palm-muted electric guitar] [Verse 1] [smooth male tenor vocals] Gold is the water we're sipping on the roof [guitar melodic fill] Drenched in sun Floating high above the avenue We ain't never been on the run Footprints on a silver beach Watching the empires fade in tide We raised a phantom hourglass to take us for a ride [Pre-Chorus] [vocal harmonies enter] Why did no one tell us that the wheels were done as well as they could be? The morning light is there if only you go look and see [Chorus] [bright staccato synth riff, full band energy] An animal at the city gate Never told the story whole Will they in the harbor come for land Or is it just our soul? He now makes his claim while we just stagger in the light Who's gonna save us now Lord, is that you coming through the night? We'll keep sitting on the crumbling wall, smiling in a dusty daze Guess we never really knew those were the good old days [synth hook continues] (Baby, baby, baby, baby) [Verse 2] [bass-driven groove, guitar arpeggios] Lazy in paradise, sure to make you weak We fed the appetite of a titan on the peak Circle keeps on turning, the predator grows faint Now the apprentice that we marshaled paints us like a saint [Pre-Chorus] [layered harmonies] Why did no one tell us that the wheels were done as well as they could be? The morning light is there if only you go look and see [Chorus] [full instrumentation, driving rhythm] An animal at the city gate Never told the story whole Will they in the harbor come for land Or is it just our soul? He now makes his claim while we just stagger in the light Who's gonna save us now Lord, is that you coming through the night? We'll keep sitting on the crumbling wall, smiling in a dusty daze Guess we never really knew those were the good old days [Outro] [synth melody fades, bass riff continues] (Those were the good old days) An animal at the city gate Never told the story whole Will they in the harbor come for land Or is it just our soul? [final drum hit]
