Over land, I traveled time and space and quicksand

And for sixty days I knew no other road


And through the maelstrom, we turned in time with the kick drum


I was swallowed and twisted and spit out on the coast




And in this place there stands a gate


That leads to the heart of the city

And I've spent seven years and a sea of fears


In this broken mirror of a city




Listen to the streets, there's a heartbeat missing in the city


Sweet sunlight, well, I can see it in my mind's eye


And I remember feeling alright




And I saw black clouds and Turin shrouds


And it smelled of a faded empire

It's all concrete and steel, we're asleep at the wheel


And the mayor's just a gun for hire




Listen to the streets


There's a heartbeat missing in the city


Listen to the sound

There's a time bomb ticking in the city





I've heard the song, the morning sings

Outside the gate is everything


"Let in the light, let in the light"


Streetwalker said to me she has no need for history




She has the key, she has the key


Sweet sunlight, well, I can see it in my mind's eye

Let in the light, let in the light





Waking up from a dream

Where I was the stone and you were the stream


And Chemical City isn't all that you need


But it's all that you're getting and they've hidden the key




Listen to the streets

There's a heartbeat missing in the city


Listen to the sound

There's a time bomb ticking in the city




Let in the light, let in the light

I said this place is an unnatural disaster


And I'm a visitor here so I asked her

"Where are the trees, where are the trees?"




And she said, "Free yourself from history

That is the key, that is the key"

Sweet sunlight but I can see it in my mind's eye


I see the light, I see the light



The gate is gone now, you better run


The gate is gone now, you better run

The gate is gone now, you better run

The gate is gone now, you better run




Can you feel it?

There's a heartbeat missing in the city

Yeah, there's a heartbeat missing in the city




When all the fat cats are hissing at your pity

There's a heartbeat missing

The gate is gone so you better run




You better run, run, run, run

You better run, run, run, run


You better run