Hear the city roar A creature that feeds behind closed doors There's nothing it needs But money and greed And a warm place to sleep And the men up on the hill Are playing their cards like it's all for thrills But what about us? We're playing for blood And we're playing for keeps Sometimes I dream there's a gate to the garden That only the earth could break through But what is a dream but a light in the darkness A lie that you wish would come true All the busy wires A new conversation spreads like fire It's keeping us warm But I see a storm Coming over the clouds And the rain will pound us down And before we know, the world will drown Yeah, we're gonna sink We stand at the brink Right before the big plunge Sometimes I dream that the dam at the river Will keep out the flooding of blue But what is a dream but a hope you hold onto A lie that you wish would come true