Lyrics

[Verse 1] I woke up screaming, but no one heard The drying river shining to the breathing world What was I dreaming of? And I missed all the gardens All the animals' footprints fresh in the rain Now there's only the train, the beast gives wait Another master, another day [Chorus] In the borderlands, cities forgotten Borderlands crossing over me [Verse 2] Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh So wipe the tears from your cheekbones And the blood from your fingers We are the ghosts in the theater of human rights Just beyond their security lights [Chorus] In the borderlands, cities forgotten Borderlands crossing over me To the borderlands, rivers and mountains Borderlands crossing over me [Bridge] (Cross me!) This world is bigger than this Bigger than lines drawn by governments Illusions were tracked by your eyes, always watching Just like the cameras twisting 'round this place (Cross me!) Out 24,000 miles in space (Cross me!) Always so cold and so clear But how do we get to the world from here? [Verse 3] Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh Crash the system's hate From the factory floor to the White House gate Crush the system's hate From the Maquiladora to the White House gate [Chorus] To the borderlands, cities forgotten Borderlands crossing over me To the borderlands, rivers and mountains Borderlands crossing over me