Cipher

Backstory

A song about losing faith and finding it. It explores the loneliness that comes when we focus on ourselves and the peace we find when we sacrifice for others - and the eternal nature of the human soul.

Lyrics

It's all a cipher
The trail went cold
All the trees we used to run beneath
They all have turned to bone

It's all a cipher
The great unknown
We tried and tried but we just couldn't
Find our own way home

Our eyes adjust to the dark
But we never stop missing that light
We search for the hint of a spark
On the ink black horizon at night

Pay the piper
Bought and sold
We are lines all running parallel
We always walk alone

Pay the piper
On our own
We stare into the looking glass
Til our hearts have turned to stone

Our eyes adjust to the dark
But we never stop missing that light
We search for the hint of a spark
On the ink black horizon at night

We forgot our way
In the great unknown
It's a long distance drive
Through the passage of time
Turn the radio on
Turn the radio on
In the Great Unknown
The desert sky is dark and cold
Past the rusted out cars
Those burning out stars
Turn the radio on
Turn the radio on
I heard a voice
In every car crash
In every lone brass band
Playing taps out beyond the river bend
In all the sands of time
In every newborn cry
Do these lost memories go back further than our minds
In all the sands of time
In every newborn cry
Do these lost memories go back further than our lives