Seventy-Nine

There's a lake that is locked
And frozen
Something has been there
For at least three thousand years
There is a room that is locked
And haunted
Something's been inside
Trying to survive
I've seen traps
Rusting in the street
I've found lions in my bath
And prowling the ravines
I've seen ghosts rising
From the snow
And there's still so much
That I don't know

Chorus:
I've seen things that
I dare not explain
But I tell you I'm fine
I just won't be the same
I've seen lights in the dark
That can be unkind
And it's been this way since 1979

The engineer says there's nothing below
But cold unyielding stone
But I know there's more
So much more than
We can ever see
So much more
Than we can readily believe

Chorus:
I've seen things that
I dare not explain
But I tell you I'm fine
I just won't be the same
I've seen lights in the dark
That can be unkind
And it's been this way since 1979

Follow me to the open field tonight
Follow me to the carnival in white
Swim with me in the serpentine rivers
That run beneath my skin

Chorus:
I've seen things that
I dare not explain
But I tell you I'm fine
I just won't be the same
I've seen lights in the dark
That can be unkind
And it's been this way since 1979

Follow me to the cold slate mine
Follow me while we still have time
Drown with me in the
Old blue quarry
That swallowed us whole
Back in seventy-nine