Call to the ships on the water A beacon light as the sun A harbour safe From storms And from gods Words here are worth more than gold Ideas set loose to roam An empire of the mind A kingdom of parchment And scrolls Close by the water's edge A city wall was raised Where roads and rivers Part and meet A house of wisdom was made Where different worlds collide Where words are set into place And all good thoughts can be free Let engineers make the gods speak And water flow from the hills With their magic and machines If there are no high peaks Build up a mountain of stones Where the light is low Make rise a gleaming tower We see the same stars Walk the same ground Lit by the same sun We could be one A city bright with flames A river black with words Ink can fade and burn And bleed But stone will hold the lines Though broken down in time They made an empire of drowned words A kingdom of ashes and fools We see the same stars Walk the same ground Lit by the same sun We could be one