The Ones Who Took It Away
We were lost and we were still
We'd ran all day about the hill
We felt the earth beneath our skin
In the dark, a million lights
Emerged from black, opened the sky
We held our breath, and felt the wind
But it grew cold, so we made heat
We built our lights, we burnt the trees
And when we raised our hopeful eyes
We only met a crippled sky
And nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
In the day, we made a plan
A shining palace built on sand
A rocking crib next to the door
When we'd done, we saw for miles
We laid you down, we kissed you, child
We saw the wave, and whispered run
Oh, the love of willow shade
Of children's toes and shoulder blades
The life we knew, your future home
Was built on sand instead of stone
And nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
We get older each year
And I turn my eyes from all that I fear
But in years, when we're burned away
Who will they blame
The moonlit sky in may
We're the ones who took it away
The tops of mountain ranges
We're the ones who took it away
The way the sparrows sang
We're the ones who took it away
They'll see the world and say
That we're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
We're the ones who took it away
They'll see the world and say
We're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it aw-
There will come a day
When sandcastles are all swept away
When I see the children play
I just hope that they'll be ok
We'd ran all day about the hill
We felt the earth beneath our skin
In the dark, a million lights
Emerged from black, opened the sky
We held our breath, and felt the wind
But it grew cold, so we made heat
We built our lights, we burnt the trees
And when we raised our hopeful eyes
We only met a crippled sky
And nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
In the day, we made a plan
A shining palace built on sand
A rocking crib next to the door
When we'd done, we saw for miles
We laid you down, we kissed you, child
We saw the wave, and whispered run
Oh, the love of willow shade
Of children's toes and shoulder blades
The life we knew, your future home
Was built on sand instead of stone
And nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
We get older each year
And I turn my eyes from all that I fear
But in years, when we're burned away
Who will they blame
The moonlit sky in may
We're the ones who took it away
The tops of mountain ranges
We're the ones who took it away
The way the sparrows sang
We're the ones who took it away
They'll see the world and say
That we're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
We're the ones who took it away
They'll see the world and say
We're the ones who took it away
Nobody wants to say
That we're the ones who took it aw-
There will come a day
When sandcastles are all swept away
When I see the children play
I just hope that they'll be ok
Credits
Writer(s): David Arp
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