The Gates / Castle of the Ledge

They walk a silent path
Staring at the dirt and ash
That cracks beneath their feet
They wipe their brow and grit their teeth
Holding on to empty hope
Bitterness and rock and roll
Childish in nature
They turn the wood to paper
And open up the sky
To find the satellite
To fail to split the wind
They are ready to begin

I found the relic down out here
I found the other way around out here
It's on the bends you take to get to the den
And you follow out your broken soul to the end
The answer that I need is only a way
And all the opportunity, I forget
But hey, you never did believe in me then
So I am on my own to fall out again

The elders sit around the gates
They say the road is open still
You say whatever option that I take
Is gonna bend, is gonna kill
You see, I might’ve made a few mistakes
I know the road is on the will
And you dim the light while I'm away
But one day we will take our wings
And fly away

And now our trinity is broken up in little thirds
I fill my basket up with phoenix feather dirt
On the knocking down, they took us to the room
And we are not mistaken, we are who they want
Well, I could say that this what I do deserve
But I would never find the meaning or the words
To describe to you what I really mean to say
My confidence has led us both astray

The elders sit around the gates
They say the road is open still
You say whatever option that I take
Is gonna bend, is gonna kill
You see, I might've made a few mistakes
I know the road is on the will
And you dim the light while I’m away
But one day we will take our wings
And fly away

Before you let them take you away
You tell them you're done, you tell them you're saved
'Cause I had never heard advice to believe
And I was so wrong, and I was naive
And I was selected to dig up the diamonds
And burn up the islands and watch all the violence
And now I'm on the falling out
The gates are open now

Before you get to open the wound
You close it back up, you save it for two
'Cause I was only waiting all afternoon
And I was alone, and you were my tool
And I was selected to hide all the evidence
Bury the residents, swim with the fishes
And now I'm on the falling out
The gates are open now

Okay, you're laughing before your time is up
But you’re serious, you’re hearing us
'Cause I could not stop the noise
And I was caught, and I was poised
And you were selected to handle the guns
And protect what I’d done, and hide from the sun
And now I'm on the falling out
The gates are open now

Out from the forest
Nearby the gutter
There lies a castle
Yours to discover
History made
And cut from the blade
Of regals long dead
And fiction begets
An evil queen

Crossing the aisle
Searching the files
You will have known
The myths of the old
Ten centuries
Would you believe?
Tore it apart
On personal griefs
War followed

Don't go alone
You never know
Spirit is there
Carried by air
Gets into you
Sends body through
Memory dead
Fall off the edge
Oh god!
They fought!

Deep down to the depth of it
That throne where she used to sit
Don't take any glance at it
It’s bloodshed, it's not romantic
Long time since it happened, though
You're just like as capable
To fall to personal debts
And create another ancient myth

Lie to your sisters
Lie to your brothers
Lie to your mothers
Lie to your fathers
All are candidates
You can see the chance
Build your own castles
Up on the
Cliff-side ledge

When you walk to the open arch
Enter the room from the castle doors
The stone and the concrete collapsing in
Is the place where you check for a night a spend
Enter the hallways, any one of them
Watch where you step, it's an open dungeon
Prisoners slept and walked
Before the late-time battle rocked
Step to the right, find the famous preserved library, then
You can find your way to the underground diamond den
And if you stop the check the time
You'll notice that you're getting old
You'd best watch yourself
The castle will swallow you whole

There's a castle in you
Castle in you
And it is rotten and still
Broken to begin with
Castle in you
Castle in you
And it is rotten and still
Broken to be in it

Yeah!
There's a castle inside of you

And everything I ever thought I knew
Was locked inside the aura of truth
And they would have an interest keeping it obscured
It was a lie the prophets told the herd
You and I together thought we knew the way
Walking to the path they told us to obey
Takes us to the castle up upon the ledge
And slowly leads us closer to our deaths

The elders sit around the gates
They say the road is open still
You say whatever option that I take
Is gonna bend, is gonna kill
You see, I might've made a few mistakes
I know the road is on the will
And you dim the light while I'm away
But one day we will take our wings (and fly away)
The castle stands there to remind
They say the road, it leads you there
But the elders on the other side
Will say you'll never be prepared
I see I spent my life just wasting time
I wanna go, I do not care
You know I've been a hamper on your life
I'll take my wings, I'll hit the air
And fly away
I'll fly away
I'll fly away
Fly away