(adapted from 'the rubaiyat' of omar khayyam)



"the dawning of a brand new day

The waking of the whispers say:

That sleeping heavens will return

In deepest night the secret learned

And from these walls this city lies

The past will be our future

The journey will be over,

Awake!"

I saw the writing on the wall

The story of our birth then fall

Within their tombs of holy stone

The scrolls of life, one man alone

So if we try, we can live and learn

The sands will pull you under

Don't let them pull you under

Awake!



I travelled to a foreign land

Through stormy seas and burning sand

Led by the stars the ancient stream



The call of treasures yet unseen

So if we climb to the rocks of kings

Together we'll discover

The source of all our wonder

Awake!



Someday we're going to go back to the stars

And find the answer, who we really are

A traveller through the lonely mists of time

Creation from the sky



The dawning of a brand new day

The waking of the whispers say:

That sleeping heavens will return

In deepest night the secret learned

From these walls this city lies

The past will be our future

The journey will be over

Awake!



Someday we're going to go back to the stars

And find the answer who we really are

A traveller through the lonely mists of time

Creation from the sky



Someday we're going to back to the stars

And find the answer who we really are

If we try, we can live and learn

Together we'll discover

The source of all our wonder

Awake!



We saw the writing

We read the story

Awake!



Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne