Before This City Wakes

I go to sleep
Before the devil wakes
And I wake up
Before the angels takeAll my worldly desires
All my yardsticks of fear
Hangin' down, hangin' downI go to sleep
Before the devil wakes
And I wake up
Before the angels takeAll my secrets untold, all my motives unclear
Hangin' down in the fire burnin' them higher
Won't take them away from hereAnd long after we're gone
The light will stay on
The light will stay onWatched the city, city of crows
Watched them fly
Watched 'em all flyin' lowOut 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 lostAnd long after we're gone
The light will stay on
The light will stay onAnd if you bury me add three feet to it
One for your sorrow, two for your sweat
Three for the strange things we never forgetAnd long after we're gone
The light will stay on
The light will stay onAnd long after we're safe
The lights will not fade
The lights will not fade