this is where we are (ravens & chimes)

i wouldn’t want to be in the room with the yellow walls.

And if the waters rise up
And drown out the whole city
And all of the houses where we live,
A shimmering light spinning.
Each of the waves bearing a name,
The name of the body
Somewhere below
And to all the saints who drowned in the sea,
I am still here with you.
And if there’s nothing living to be,
I will be here with you.

And when all of this has run its course
I’m gonna see you
Not always walking,
Always walking through the door
Did you build walls up,
Did you build them up all around you
To keep you from,
To keep you from the howling wind?
And to each one seeking the words that they need,
I’ll stand beside you now.
And to each one listening to wind in the trees,
My voice behind you now
And I can see she’s one of us
In how I stand beside you now.

This is where we are,
This is where we are,
Don’t be frightened.
This is where we are,
This is where we are,
Don’t be frightened.

Do you think when he died
He was alone
There in the room with yellow walls?
When I left it was rising
Not the sun this time
The tide if I recall
And we built a fire,
To remind us of the people,
The people that we are
And the flames rose like spires
In the houses there
And we lost our way and said,
“Do you think when I die,
I’ll be alone
Deep in the room with yellow walls?
Will you leave when its rising up all around you,
All around you?
And you build me a fire
To remind you of the person,
The person that he was
The flames rise like spires
In the houses
And each person there says,
“This is where we are.
This is where we are.
Don’t be frightened.”

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