I caught myself
looking in the mirror
wishing I was someone else
cause I was born
with a bleeding heart
and veins of loneliness

and I've known it,
I've held it right here in my arms
but love can't seem to break me down
and I've pleaded and begged
and bloodied my eyes
just to feel it
to believe it will stick around

swing wide the glimmering gates

I told myself
the habits and secrets
were just to get me through
to get me through the nights
but I got lost
in a world of angles
in a city of greys and lies

cause I've known it, I've tasted
this longing to be free
oh, the joy of believing like a child
so you, you there listening
will you send a prayer for me
to help me fing the light

swing wide the glimmering gates
leave your pride and pain
swing wide the glimmering gates
and be innocent again

one day I believe
I will open up my eyes
just to see the good work that was begun
and I'll be the only things
I've ever wanted to be
and I'll know that I belong