Disappeared

We were brothers there, we were running away In a mountain town on the other side of the world And I remember the night as clear as day I wanted to leave but you had to stay You were high on romance And on a one-on-one with Fate You stepped outside just for a moment For a cigarette and to watch the stars And that was all you said And one by one we came outside, shouting for you, shouting for you The laughter swallowed by the trees, shouting for you Do the gods take the children, do the gods take the children That belong to them, that belong to them? Do the gods take their children, do the gods take their children Their mark upon you, their mark upon you The hours turned to days and the days began to stretch And the shepherds combed the hills The way they search for straying sheep Before they're taken by the wolves And I tried to think about who was there Put pictures of you everywhere but there were only questions And the local police shrugged their shoulders Said the files are all still open, empty pages, nothing more Do the gods take the children, do the gods take the children That belong to them, that belong to them? Do the gods take their children, do the gods take their children Their mark upon you, their mark upon you And for a while in hometown street There were candles lit in every window But soon it dwindled just to one And the frantic phone-calls became shorter And no one speaking English now And nothing much to tell anyhow And the wilderness we carry with us It's like a dream of innocence And the gods take their children, and the gods take their children Their mark upon you, their mark upon you Do the gods take their children, do the gods take their children I miss you, I miss you