The Crossing

[Verse 1]
I woke up screaming, but no one heard
The drying river shining to the breathing world
What was I dreaming of?
And I missed all the gardens
All the animals' footprints fresh in the rain
Now there's only the train, the beast gives wait
Another master, another day

[Chorus]
In the borderlands, cities forgotten
Borderlands crossing over me

[Verse 2]
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
So wipe the tears from your cheekbones
And the blood from your fingers
We are the ghosts in the theater of human rights
Just beyond their security lights

[Chorus]
In the borderlands, cities forgotten
Borderlands crossing over me
To the borderlands, rivers and mountains
Borderlands crossing over me

[Bridge]
(Cross me!) This world is bigger than this
Bigger than lines drawn by governments
Illusions were tracked by your eyes, always watching
Just like the cameras twisting 'round this place
(Cross me!) Out 24,000 miles in space
(Cross me!) Always so cold and so clear
But how do we get to the world from here?

[Verse 3]
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Crash the system's hate
From the factory floor to the White House gate
Crush the system's hate
From the Maquiladora to the White House gate

[Chorus]
To the borderlands, cities forgotten
Borderlands crossing over me
To the borderlands, rivers and mountains
Borderlands crossing over me