I go to sleep, before

the devil wakes

and I wake up, before

the angels take



all my worldly desires

all my yardsticks of fear



all my secrets untold

all my motives unclear



hangin' down in the fire

burnin' them higher

won't take them away from here



and long after we're gone

the light will stay on X2



watched the city ... city of crows

watched them fly, watched

'em all flyin' low



out above the flood plain

just above the dirt road

they were hungry as winter,

hungry as us

not afraid to be flyin', not

afraid to be lost



and long after we're gone

the light will stay on X2



and if you bury me, add

three feet to it

one for your sorrow, two

for your sweat

three for the strange

things we never forget



and long after we're gone

the light will stay on X2



and long after we're safe

the lights will not fade X2