Tony Levin - The Tempest lyrics

Took a walk up on Riverside By the Fireman's Stone Where a wall of candles said They would not spend this night alone Meanwhile under the city Where the tunnels run hot Exchanging glances shared tonight What before we could not Ah… connected now Joined at the hip Much deeper and steeper Than your ipso facto citizenship Ah… connected now Fused by the fire We used to look up to our leaders But now we‘re looking higher It travels deep like the rivers When they‘ve grown into a flood When we feel the rhythm of the ages Hear it singing in our blood It flows as murky as our history It sits as ancient as the stones We sense it pulling us together Something tribal in our bones Sooner or later We know the tempest will come Laying waste all that‘s before it Taking lives but sparing some And in the cold night that follows As we huddle by the flame Something new has come upon us But something ancient still remains Ah… connected now What was there beneath the things we lost Was hiding under the surface until The day we were the tempest-tossed