High Hopes

Beyond the horizon of the place
we lived whe were young
In a world of magnetes and miracles

Our thoughts strayed constantly
and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun

Along the long road
and on down the causeway
Do they still meet there by the cut

There was a ragged band
that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away

Leaving the myriad small creatures
trying to tie us the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

The grass was greener
The light was brighter

With friends surround
The nights of wonder

Looking beyond the embers
of bridges glowing behind us

To a glimpse of how green
it was on the other side

Steps taken forwards
but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by force of some inner tide

At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights
of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied

Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road
we've been so many times

The grass was greener
The light was brighter

The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder

With friends surround
The dawn mist glowing

The water flowing
The endless river

Forever and ever