Searching for you back at the start
Scrolling through a book of maps
Waking from the same old dreams
Watching as life slips away

But you once held out the Earth
As clear as dawn made of glass
Balancing in the palm of your hand
As we wished upon a distant star so small

Blackbirds sang lost songs of hope
Pinned posters covered stoned walls
Rattling-sabres now shake paper halls
Propaganda hosts declares all told

But You once held out the Earth
As clear as dawn made of glass
Balancing in the palm of your hand
As we wished upon a distant star so small


Smoke rings rose from masts so tall
Whispering stories to noisy ghosts
As waters crossed the hallowed line
Drifting we watched the shore decline

Where you once held out the Earth
As clear as dawn made of glass
Balancing in the palm of your hand
As we wished upon a distant star so small