Six Cities 歌词

The forest has trees The mountain has snow on its peak And the earth has secrets The ocean helps keep like a language Everyone knows how to speak but forgets Each morning when waking from sleep There was once a city that was made of steel All the buildings were shining and clean The people wore the same clothes And ate all the same meals They knew black and white and little in between There was once a city that was made of glass All the buildings you could see right through Each and every person there had opinions and ideas And each and every one of them was true There was once a city made of plastic All the buildings were flimsy and cheap The smoke from a fire there made everybody sick So they all left town with the few things they could keep There was once a city made of marble All the buildings were beautiful and cold The people had solutions for anything that failed So they spent their lives being helpful and alone The forest has trees The mountain has snow on its peak And the earth has secrets The ocean helps keep like a language Everyone knows how to speak but forgets Each morning when waking from sleep There was once a city that was made of stone All the buildings were smooth and gray The people living there all felt drab and cold Even on a pretty warm spring day There was once a city that was made of wood All the buildings were sensible and sound Everyone there did what they wanted while they knew they could Because one day a storm would knock their buildings down The forest has trees The mountain has snow on its peak And the earth has secrets The ocean helps keep like a language Everyone knows how to speak but forgets Each morning when waking The forest has trees The mountain has snow on its peak And the earth has secrets The ocean helps keep like a word Explaining how all things should be That's forgotten the moment we first learn to speak