High Hopes by Nightwish

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived
When we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut
There was a ragged band that (1)________________ our footsteps
Running (2)____________ time (3)________ our dreams away
Leaving the (4)____________ small creatures
Trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by force of some inner tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our (5)__________ eyes still stray to the horizon
The dog is road, we've been so many times
The grass was greener
The (6)__________ was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder
With (7)______________ surrounded
The dawn mist growing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With (8)______________ surrounded
The dawn mist growing
The (9)__________ flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever

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