The Anchor

All right lads

Let'em hear the truth

They paint us black in the storybooks

They say we're thieves and we're dirty crooks

They tell you run when the shadows creep

'Cause the captain comes while you're fast asleep

But the boy upstairs is a little liar

Who burns your life in a magic fire

He wants you drifting, he wants you high

But we keep your feet on the solid dry

So lock the door

And find your place

And look the devil

Right in the face

We are the anchor, we are the weight

We stand before the, the iron gate

When the wind blows and the shadows fly

We are the anchor that holds down the sky

We are the iron, we are the rust

We turn the magic, back into dust

So let the time tick and the years go by

We are the anchor that holds down the sky

I could have floated among the stars

I could have lived without wounds or scars

But I saw the rot in the sugar cane

So I chose the hurt and I chose the pain

I cut my hand to break the spell

To save you all from his floating hell

To grow up strong means you have to bleed

So I became the villain that the Lost Boys need

So lock the door

And find your place

And look the devil right in the face

We are the anchor, we are the weight

We stand before the, the iron gate

When the wind blows and the shadows fly

We are the anchor that holds down the sky

We are the iron, we are the rust

We turn the magic, back into dust

So let the time tick and the years go by

We are the anchor that holds down the sky

Let them write the stories where we are the ones to blame

I will carry every scar and I will carry every shame

Cause' the cage of gold is still a cage no matter how it gleams

And someone has to wake you up from all the empty dreams

I won't let you fade away

I won't let you turn to grey