The Ones Who Took It Away ft. Fire Swimmer Lyrics

We were lost and we were still

We'd ran all day about the hill

We felt the earth beneath our skin

In the dark, a million lights

Emerged from black, opened the sky

We held our breath, and felt the wind

But it grew cold, so we made heat

We built our lights, we burnt the trees

And when we raised our hopeful eyes

We only met a crippled sky

And nobody wants to say

That we're the ones who took it away

Nobody wants to say

That we're the ones who took it away

In the day, we made a plan

A shining palace built on sand

A rocking crib next to the door

When we'd done, we saw for miles

We laid you down, we kissed you, child

We saw the wave, and whispered run

Oh, the love of willow shade

Of children's toes and shoulder blades

The life we knew, your future home

Was built on sand instead of stone

And nobody wants to say

That we're the ones who took it away

Nobody wants to say

That we're the ones who took it away

We get older each year

And I turn my eyes from all that I fear

But in years, when we're burned away

Who will they blame

The moonlit sky in may

We're the ones who took it away

The tops of mountain ranges

We're the ones who took it away

The way the sparrows sang

We're the ones who took it away

They'll see the world and say

That we're the ones who took it away

Nobody wants to say

That we're the ones who took it away

Nobody wants to say

We're the ones who took it away

They'll see the world and say

We're the ones who took it away

Nobody wants to say

That we're the ones who took it aw-

There will come a day

When sandcastles are all swept away

When I see the children play

I just hope that they'll be ok