Sweat runs down the centre of my back

Crawling like an insect - it makes a track

Sweat runs down the nape of my neck

Anticipation - the cause and the effect

So catch each drop as I catch each breath

'Til there's no doubt, no indecision

'Til there's not one question left

Walking streets alone amid a mass of strangers' faces

Fill my time with thoughts of you and I in distant places

Now I must have you!

You breathe new life - it's all around

It calls my name without a sound

This distance cuts down deep inside

Planes carve like knives across the sky

I must be with you!

This place never cares to see who goes or who remains

I wait and watch the boats set sail

I linger and listen to the far-off trains

This land of mine drifts off alone, far out to sea

With no direction, no intention, nothing left to offer me

And I can't stay!

It stands alone - back on the world

And through it all it still seems to curl

Itself around the people, binding tighter than a rope

Gives nothing away for something, each day without hope

It's no home for the luxury of love!

The good life out of each on the placards

Doesn't hide away the truth of the broken-down facades

The buildings burn, the streets on fire

Every muscle, every nerve stretched to reach for somewhere higher

Feel me now!

Will you remain, place your trust

Turn ideas into motions before mechanisms rust?

Will you hold me tight with arms, with words, in your comfort keep me warm?

I beg refuge in your shelter as I fly into the storm

Take me!

Take me!

Take me!

Take me now!

Take me now!