The Gate (What the Children Saw)

from The Ratcatcher by The Crux

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I seen something o’er the gate
I seen a crow or the gate?
Or a man with whiskers like horns
Getting high on his pale rocking horse

I seen something o’er the gate
Flyin’ like those dandelion wishes that I make
And I wish I was a thousand miles from home
Yeah, I wish I was a thousand miles from home

I can see such distant lands, an underwater school
Where some odd fish is learning how to up and leave the pool
Endless dreams and trackless hollows
Don’t think, just listen and follow

And I wish I was a thousand miles from home
Yeah, I wish I was a thousand miles from home

I know there’s something more to find, I’ll not stay here too long
I’ve carried with me all their lies kept safe behind my tongue
And they told me to chew and swallow
Don’t think, just listen and follow

I seen something o’er the gate
Flyin’ like those dandelion wishes that I make
And I wish I was a thousand miles from home
Yeah, I wish I was a thousand miles from home

I can see them names and faces clear enough
But as I close my eyes, they oxidize and crumble into dust

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from The Ratcatcher, released October 31, 2013

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