THERE WAS A DREAM

There was a city with no shadows There was a sky that never broke There was a voice inside the silence There was a fire, there was smoke I drew the map before the morning I carved the laws into the stone I built the walls around the nothing I made a kingdom from my bones Every machine obeyed my vision Every soul knew its place I was the prophet and the prison I was the light and the disgrace I had the answer to the question I had the key to every door But perfect worlds need no confession And gods don't bleed anymore There was a dream Higher than the sky could hold There was a dream Colder than the dark, the gold I built it all I watched it rise above the flame There was a dream And it never spoke my name The citizens walked in my pattern The clocks all moved in my time But something pure will always shatter When it was never meant to shine I heard the silence getting louder I felt the walls begin to breathe Utopia turns to powder When the dreamer starts to grieve I had the answer to the question I had the key to every door But perfect worlds need no confession And gods don't bleed anymore There was a dream Higher than the sky could hold There was a dream Colder than the dark, the gold I built it all I watched it rise above the flame There was a dream And it never spoke my name I designed the sunrise I programmed the rain I erased every wound I erased every name And when the last wall was perfect I looked inside There was nothing left to save There was a dream There was a dream And it never spoke my name