[music - anderson, elliott, hill, keazer, leighton]
[lyrics - hill]


fairy tales my father told me
when I was a child
of evil dragons that filled the sky

engulfing the land in flames

but in every tale there was a hero

who like me, was a child
he would find his courage
stand alone

and see the dragons slain

once upon a time

a time we know today
and yet another tale
a boy and his father traveling

through the city
detour pulls them through
a hidden reality


wide eyed horrified
the child's eyes

nightmare awoken
the fantasy's broken
decaying buildings

and crying children
frozen hands surround
the burning cans


I said father can you tell me
what is this place I see before me

this is the underworld my son
this is the land beneath the city
it will disappear

just close your eyes
it isn't real it's not alive
this is the underworld


now years later
the memories still strong

the day I witnessed what the
dragons had done
my father's tale had come to life

am I the child that makes it right

I've seen the magic dragons and

their many evil forms
so rich and unfeeling
they've all become

I'm just a child so young
I'm no army I'm just one