There's a gold crack of light

Climbing up the wall

And the last bell for leaving

Is ringing in the hall

And it feels like a stone

Has been lifted from the world

Running every direction

Without a clue where to turn.

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And I hear the sound

Of a tide's rise and fall

And it's getting loud

As it breaks on the shore

And you can't catch an eye

In the street anymore

And the key to the city

Is behind locked doors

So you take what you can

Smooth with the rough

And you get what you wish for

But it's never enough

Chorus