High Hopes

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
 In a world of magnets and miracles
 Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
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 The ringing of the division bell had begun
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 Along the Long Road and on down the causeway
 Do they still meet there by the Cut?
 There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
 Running before time took our dreams away
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 Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
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 To a life consumed by slow decay
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 The grass was greener
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 The light was brighter
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 With friends surrounded
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 The nights of wonder
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 Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
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 To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
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 Steps taken forwards, but sleepwalking back again
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 Dragged by the force of some inner tide
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 At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
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 We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
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 Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
 
 There's a hunger still unsatisfied
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 Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
 Though down this road we've been so many times
 The grass was greener
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 The light was brighter
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 The taste was sweeter
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 The nights of wonder
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 With friends surrounded
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 The dawn mist glowing
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 The water flowing
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 The endless river
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 Forever and ever