The Affordable Floors - Sirens lyrics

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The Affordable Floors - Sirens lyrics

From the Album: The Sounding (1986) I sat up and watched the sky Felt cold water as it flowed by And I knew nothing in the world Could ever harm me I've seen hurt and I've heard their lies I've watched murder with open eyes And I've stumbled through the dark You'll never harm me On a fountain in the park There is engraved a simple rhyme It has come down through the ages Through the ages for all time If you lean in close to read it Falling water all around You will hear a simple secret And you'll wonder at the sound All these places Like still waters of hatred Like the fathers of great men Fade into the moonlight I've been witness but never cried As the sticks and the stones roll by Though they rumble through the dark They'll never harm me But you wonder how this came to be You question and you fight And you're searching for the secret But the secrets not in sight So you walk up to the devil With this fire in your hand All your wisdom, all your knowledge Drys to dust and turns to sand All these places Like still waters of hatred Like the fathers of great men Fade into the moonlight All these faces All great fires surround me All the sirens around me Look like you look tonight