"The Colossus" lyrics

New York is losing its vantage
Into the Atlantic
The punishment of your midwives
Service for brick and mortar
Your temple of empire
Your purchasing power is your right to survive
What else could be expected?
Someone is sending
Something unknown into our lives

Far from the storied fables
The voice of an angel
Sends the strong into a terrored state
She holds the sword of anger
And the face of a stranger
Can you trust her to know the way?
Don't bother setting the table
Eat in haste now
Mark the lintel and lock the door

Tonight I cry, I cry alone
Weak and huddled, far from home
As the colossus falls into the sea
With the light she held for you and me

Never a time quite like this
The language of lightning
Is never before and never again
And if the heart is harder
The greater the power
All of his chariots and all of his men
Stilled and silent
The ending of violence
Someone turned the TV off

Tonight alone, alone I cry
Dying because I didn't die
When the colossus fell into the sea
She took the lightning bolt for you and me
How many times she tried before
To lead us where there was no war
Where night could not eclipse the day
How many times we fell away