rome oh rome where is your empire in the ground a pile of stones take out the wind there s not a sound hundreds of years yet it s all stayed the same just different coloured clothes and a different sounding name the weather keeps on changing but the skys still there the lights had led me to the front and burnt me like a flare oh what is this anchor here why won t it just disappear driven by a fear that just won t go and yet you come so close yet you re so far away it doesn t have to be up oh what is this anchor here why won t it just disappear driven by a fear that just won t go and yet you come so close yet you re so far away it doesn t have to be up rome oh rome cycles of nature you can see we ve got frail bones we could just break so easily hundreds of years yet it s all stayed the same just different coloured clothes and a different sounding name the weather keeps on changing but the sky s still there the lights had led me to the front and burnt me like a flare  oh what is this anchor here why won t it just disappear driven by a fear that just won t go and yet you come so close yet you re so far away it doesn t have to be up oh what is this anchor here why won t it just disappear driven by a fear that just won t go and yet you come so close yet you re so far away it doesn t have to be up craters in the street now are things you have to keep saw you in my sleep with diamonds in a rubbish heap craters in the street now are things you have to keep saw you in my sleep with diamonds in a rubbish heap and you ll never know things will stay untold some things will never be and you ll never know things will stay untold some things will never be oh what is this anchor here why won t it just disappear driven by a fear that just won t go and yet you come so close yet you re so far away it doesn t have to be up oh what is this anchor here why won t it just disappear driven by a fear that just won t go and yet you come so close yet you re so far away it doesn t have to be uphill