Can The Phoenix Rise Lyrics

Silent, like the empty moon at dawn

A secret of the night is born

You smile; but still your eyes say it all

Burned, moths are flapping round the flame

This hunger that no light can claim

We're blind, but still, the fire remains

Can you and I survive

Can you and I go on believing?

Can the phoenix rise

Can the earth go on receiving?

The ashes of your scorn, still smouldering

Wander, through an empty hall of Kings

Until you hear the sound of wings

I'm flying, there's something driving me on

They cut you down to size,

Still you play with fire and wonder

Can the phoenix rise

Smiling as they drag you under

The ashes of your scorn still smouldering

King Harold caught an arrow

Died without a single cry

Attrition is a cur

Lapping at the wounded eye

Someday, if your key will fit my door

And maybe when we're tired and sore

We'll talk some, about the days that we knew

Can you and I survive

Can you and I go on believing?

Can the phoenix rise

Can the world go on receiving?

Can you and I survive

Can you and I go on believing?

Can the phoenix rise

Can the earth go on receiving?