We Need a Myth

[Verse 1] We need a myth We need an amethyst bridge We need a high hanging cliff Jump, fall and lift, we can make it [Verse 2] But we need a myth We need a path through the mist Like in our beds, we were just kids Like what was said by our parents [Chorus] A myth Guess what we're after is just this A myth Guess what we're after is just this [Verse 3] We need a myth I feel my heart's like a fist Words spilling out of the blessed lips Of any prophet or goddess [Verse 4] I need a myth Brought back to life by a kiss Scrape away grey cement Show me the world as it was again [Verse 5] As it was in a myth Red ribbon to reconnect The lady's head to her neck And to forget that her throat was ever slit [Chorus] Guess what we're after is just this It's a myth Guess what we're after is just this [Verse 6] And I'm sick of all the picture books that try To steal some old reflection for their light But desperate measures point to desperate times And that's why We need a myth [Verse 7] We're cut adrift And we need a massive uplift The world is trembling and weeping Just at the point of believing [Verse 8] In a myth The sun that shines on my head The moon that lights me to bed Were two identical twins [Verse 9] Inside of a myth I heard the voice of a friend On Lethe's banks, wading in And he said, "Well, before I forget" [Verse 10] We need a myth As we lean in to kiss To get two nails through the wrist To get covered in blood, to get covered in spit And to forgive [Verse 11] And if all we're taught is a trick Why would this feeling persist? And with the truth closing in I must insist [Outro] We need a myth