Hold close your treasures The very measure of your value here Within these shining walls
Now, raise them higher They'll last forever if you're careful now If you lock them all, lock them down
Wrapped in Your precious cloak Spun from gold, spun from gold Useless, you're reaching back Dead and cold, dead and cold
This weight you've trusted Polished and sacred has you safe, secure You lie in soothing sleep
One flash, it's happened A last desperate moment Now the weight falls free But have you sunk too deep, to breathe
Wrapped in your precious cloak Spun from gold, spun from gold Useless, you're reaching back Dead and cold, dead and cold
Your chest is tight, held in death's embrace As your eyes lift up, can you see your escape? One last fleeting glance, at the shine below One last freedom chance, surrendered to the cold This useless gold
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