The rolling hills of northeastern Virginia
pass like blurry slides while you drive
this is freedom
let the glass down, take in every sound
we can gather
It won't be forever
The dark mass that once served as the suns bed
soft and quiet against our skin
fell like children onto the grass,
watched the clouds cave in
keep those sunspots under your eyelids
watch them dance across the empty space
There's a lifetime waiting in a city we haven't named yet
The winding road ahead will only end
if we let it
north wind against the steel, how do you feel
you say weightless
so we were weightless
The shining gates that border this deliverance
are rising up at long, long last
We tread like planters on fertile earth
make the soil crack
stay the course, bind your wishes
Watch those dreams rise and curve your lips
I pray that this moment will never surface
I hope we stay free I hope we stay weightless
What weight we carried shed into the bedrock
splintered when it felt the air outside
We stood like knights on conquered land,
stake our colors high
Watch those dreams rise and curve your lips
If you keep whatever’s true in you by your side and
never lose hold of it
I'll never lose sight of this
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