The Return

Over sand Scattered far and wide Echoes of the ages Whispering of time and tide This is my reunion With the ones who threw me down Tore me up, cast me out Of their pretty little town See this dessert, see this land See it fall into my hand There was a line twice crossed in the golden sand Between the fires of perdition and the promised land And if my soul pays the bridge toll, well You better let me on over, 'cause I'm ready to sell I'm gonna take what's mine from thieving hands And I will leave the rest to burn And there will be no more resistance Only fear and love at my return Sand is giving way now To a steady, drumming sound It is the counting down to judgement Of a metal heart beneath the ground Look, you mighty, on my deeds Ruined now, but these buried seeds Are growing fast, the roots take hold And crack your city walls of old The gears of time turn 'round again I am much more than I was back when There was a line twice crossed in the golden sand Between the fires of perdition and the promised land And if my soul pays the bridge toll, well You better let me on over, 'cause I'm ready to sell I'm gonna take what's mine from thieving hands And I will leave the rest to burn And there will be no more resistance Only fear and love at my return And when the dawn burns red with the fire of war And when the walls give way and the cannons roar It will be too late then to run and hide 'Cause when you hear me come a-knocking, I'm already inside Up from your wellspring and foundations I will be everywhere you turn And if you think that you'll defy me Well, my friends, you'll learn You're gonna help me start the fires Or you will burn And there will be no more resistance Only fear and love at my return