Lyrics

The city's coming down around us now.
I found the shell of that bakery.
I used to love the cookies as a child,
but now everything is empty.
All these beloved places, now so sharp.
Every turn as jagged as a war.
When it started we did not believe.
Now we have forgotten life before.

She, sheltered here as I.
Nervous glances turn to trust in time.
And though we would have never been so bold,
between the bombs she slipped her hand in mine.

If we are to die here, what could be the harm,
huddled crying in a stranger's arms?
If they care nothing for the dead, what care we for the shame?
I couldn't even hear her name.

Is it closer, or is it far?
I used to count the spaces in the thunderstorm,
the nine gates of the ancient citadel ...
Now we find there's nowhere left to run.
The ash it looks like snow upon her hair,
the final snow that I will ever see.
I didn't travel far or make my name,
never found a calling or a family.

If we are to die here, what could be the harm,
huddled crying in a stranger's arms?
If they care nothing for the dead, what care we for the shame?
I couldn't even hear her name.

To the girl who shared the siege with me, I love you,
lovely as the land where I was born.
I wonder if we will see the morning.
Is it closer now, or is it far? Is it closer now, or is it far?