Lyrics:

Crumbling Towers And Beams Of Yellow Light
no Flags Of Truce, No Cries Of Pity
the Siege Guns Had Been Pounding All Through The Night
it Took A Day To Build The City
we Walked Through Its Streets In The Afternoon
as I Returned Across The Field's I'd Known
i Recognized The Walls That I Once Made
i Had To Stop In My Tracks For Fear
of Walking On The Mines I'd Laid

and If I Built This Fortress Around Your Heart
encircled You In Trenches And Barbed Wire
then Let Me Build A Bridge
for I Cannot Fill The Chasm
and Let Me Set The Battlements On Fire

then I Went Off To Fight Some Battle
that I'd Invented Inside My Head
away So Long For Years And Years
you Probably Thought Or Even Wished That I Was Dead
while The Armies Are All Sleeping
beneath The Tattered Flag We'd Made
i Had To Stop In My Track For Fear
of Walking On The Mines I'd Laid

and If I Built This Fortress Around Your Heart
encircled You In Trenches And Barbed Wire
then Let Me Build A Bridge
for I Cannot Fill The Chasm
and Let Me Set The Battlements On Fire

this Prison Has Now Become Your Home
a Sentence You Seem Prepared To Pay
it Took A Day To Build The City
we Walked Through Its Streets In The Afternoon
as I Returned Across The Fields Where I'd Once Played
i Had To Stop In My Tracks For Fear
of Walking On The Mines I'd Laid

and If I Built This Fortress Around Your Heart
encircled You In Trenches And Barbed Wire
then Let Me Build A Bridge
for I Cannot Fill The Chasm
and Let Me Set The Battlements On Fire


sting Fortress Around Your Heart