Lyrics:

UNDER THE RUINS OF A WALLED CITY
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