I arrived in the city of lightsnEnchanted ballrooms where I lost my lifenI've closed my eyesnOn your fairground smilenSeedy heroes and silver tillsnSinking suns on a sea of thrillsnI place my betsnTrading with strangers in silhouettenI drink your health, son of the earthnPassing ships in the modern deathnWe're all still firednOld emotions still burn insidenOn solid ground, round the mother tonguenA tower of hope, a joyful soundnYou take your timenA hand of aces in a pack of liesnI found my song and I started to singnTook me away on an olden wingnSo far from homenStanding so lonely but not alonenIn this empire of ache and rhymenLovers and best friends are running blindnI grasp your handnIs this the only world I understandnThere's a sadnessnThere's a joynThere's a placenThere's a song that will never dienForever