A Thousand Years

A THOUSAND YEARS We've been waiting Putting all our pennies in a jar And we've been hoping That we'd be exactly where we are We've been here Been out there Paying every due and every fine We find ourselves out where it's still Been this quiet every night For a thousand years We could stay here 'till it's like We've disappeared But we are here, We are listening And we've been wondering Tying all our keys to a kite And we've been laughing Walking with our flickering flashlights Inside, out wide At the top of every ladder that we climb We find ourselves out where it's still Been this quiet every night For a thousand years We could stay here 'till it's like We've disappeared But we are here, We are listening Been this quiet every night For a thousand years We could stay here 'till it's like We've disappeared But we are here, We are here, And we are listening