City Of The Lost

From the 2007 album Eden Slips Away

I took a walk through my hometown

as the winter sun was going down

across the rise

in the wounded skies

Past broken bricks, faded signs

junkyards where those old steel beasts

go to die

and I just walked on by

 

Staring down the great beyond

The house of cards has come undone

 

Hello from the promised land

Put up another cross

in the city of the lost

It's raining in the promised land

We're leaving here tonight

so just kiss it all goodbye

 

A blue light glows from every house

Those little screens won't let us out

We've turned to dust,

and lost the best of us

I'm going to the spirit tree

to chase these ghosts away from me

and see the land

hold it in my hands

 

Like manna on your tounge

Drink it down 'til you feel numb

 

Hello from the promised land

Put up another cross

in the city of the lost

It's raining in the promised land

We're leaving here tonight

so just kiss it all goodbye

 

On Jordan's banks we'll lay

and kiss the breeze, as Eden slips away.

 

Hello from the promised land

Put up another cross

in the city of the lost

It's raining in the promised land

We're leaving here tonight

so just kiss it all goodbye

good bye

 

Words - Stuart Douglas Stanley and Jess Murdoch

Music - Stuart Douglas Stanley

copyright 2007 Mr.Douglas Music BMI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Jessica Fox]

This was a great poem, good job with the imagery as well.