Violent Femmes

An Island lies in the sea of stars

So far from time

The wisemen came foretelling my heart

I'll reach for the sun



Deep inside my eyes you see the tears of long ago

Telling tales of loneliness before



Standing by my side you feel the fears of once before

Telling tales of emptyness and more



Strangers in the night

Rising up to fight

They're rising up to bust the demon's spell



Freedom Call, the cry of barren souls

The surveillance of mankind will fall

Freedom Call, the cry of barren souls

Under surveillance we never will fall



I spent all my life to get salvation from afar

I've seen stairs, arisen from below

Strangers in the night

Rising up to fight

They're rising up to bust the demon's spell



Once upon a time, our world was in decline

On a storytellers night, I felt the breeze of life

And I saw the rays of light, across the burning sky

When the master sent the sign, reflecting all devine