So I burned all the old days down On a funeral pyre And I stood with my arms stretched out Like a pillar of fire of fire - of fire In the coals of a wordless sound I am here to inquire I need to know tonight (Tonight tonight) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside Well I carried it down to the sea And I held it up higher higher higher Yeah I fell on my bended knees And I beckoned the tide - the tide Oh take this away from me On your fathoms of brine 'Cause I need to know tonight (tonight tonight tonight) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside Ooh ooh Ooh ooh And when I looked in the depths of my hands I could see I was blind blind blind As the glow of the day now was wrapped In a cloak of the night - the night Now it seems all the answers I had Are the hardest to find And I need to know tonight (tonight) I need to know tonight (tonight tonight tonight) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside dust to dust What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside Ooh ooh Ashes inside Ashes to ashes inside Ashes inside Ooh ooh