I stood at the top of the ruins I threw rocks into the distance Houses curled around the dark between And there's a light on back in town There's a phone a few miles down And I can see it all (Oh and) in dreams I see it as it used to be (it used to be) Valleys stretching farther than The firelight can reach (the light can reach) And in dreams I see it as it used to be Mountains rising taller than The water it's all Dazzling beneath The many hills and halls And meteors that Leave us where we Stand alone, these Pillars fall, these Frantic colors that I see In dreams, I see it as it used to be (it used to be) In dreams, I see it as it used to be (it used to be) A crater swallowed by an ancient sea (it used to be) A house is witness to so many things I stood at the top of the ruins I threw rocks into the distance