Under the Wire Lyrics

Under the wire

Past the switchblade guards

Across the desert sand

Guided by a map of stars

Out in the open

When all doors are closed

Under the firmament

Exposed

They came up the corridor

That winds an invisible thread

Past checkpoints and cameras

Past screens of infrared

Out in the open

You knocked on our door

And into the concrete barracks you were led

Locked in a cage

Without a pillow for your head

Dreaming of a harbor safe 'neath a quilt of stars

Dreaming of a harbor safe 'neath a quilt of stars

Long is the day

Longer is the night

Huddled together

Beneath a dirty crimson light

Out in the open

Lured by a dream

Into the jaws of a machine

Mother of exiles

Your torch is growing dim

Out in the open

The New World will begin

Dreaming of a harbor safe 'neath a quilt of stars

Dreaming of a harbor safe 'neath a quilt of stars

Dreaming of a harbor safe 'neath a quilt of stars

Dreaming of a harbor safe 'neath a quilt of stars

Dreaming of a harbor safe 'neath a quilt of stars