For too long now I've been Adrift in this ocean that washed over me Diluting the secrets that you had to keep From the world that's been Spinning around you, with and without you Sedating, unkind Show you the way Deliver and faint! Relish to stand in line! Oh I guess you'll find no one to blame We're tied to the rules of someone else's game Try to fly, flap your wings As you look to the night sky A gilded cage in the twilight You dance on a wire See the piper at the gates of dawn Been caught in the mire Now you're reaching for the stars oh oh Oh, dance on the wire To the breeze that carries change Tonight you will see the Great Pan in the stars The piper at the gates of dawn you'll hear Oh For quite a while I have been The one that I thought I was happy to be Masquerade, at least a shadow play No one's gonna see Behind the fascade, those rallying calls You're afraid to awake Look at the sky, you can't defy The dark that is calling your name You're blind by the beauty around You're numb by the touch And you're deaf to the sound Of the sweet-smelling Bright melody of the moonlight That devours the bars in the twilight You dance on a wire See the piper at the gates of dawn Been caught in the mire Now you're reaching for the stars oh oh Dance on the wire To the breeze that carries change tonight You will see the Great Pan in the stars The piper at the gates of dawn you'll hear Now open your eyes, ain't it what you've been wanting Too much to fathom, until it unfolds Endure what you're in for, you're meant to be longing King of the wave, now keep flailing about We're the dream the inhabits the waking old world We're right here, we're the doorway to guide you across Exposed to the spirits that you're meant to be citing Misfit and misplaced, you'll never belong We're the breath you don't catch We're the great expectations You ain't measured up to on the beautiful side We're the promise not kept - bred in desolation We're the will of the wisp - demerged from the light Get me out of here Take me away Take me Take me Take me away Take me away Dance on the wire See the piper at the gates of dawn Now you're reaching for the stars You dance on a wire See the piper at the gates of dawn Been caught in the mire Now you're reaching for the stars oh oh Dance on the wire To the breeze that carries change - tonight You will see, the Great Pan in the stars The Piper at the Gates of dawn is near