Lyrics / The Wondering Traveler
Istanbul (One Heart)
Two shores, one heart I crossed the water And I’m still the same Gold on the domes, smoke in the street Spice on my hands, rhythm in my feet A suit walks fast with a clean cut grin A kid sells hope with a paper thin skin I’m just passing through, but I feel it stick Like dust in my lungs, like a holy trick City of echoes, city of steam I live in the crack of a waking dream I’m in the middle, I’m in between Not a saint, not a scene I touch the stone, I touch the night Hold me, hold me in the afterlight Istanbul, two shores, pull me closer East in my chest, West on my shoulder I’m a middle traveler, don’t make me choose Love in my hands, loss in my shoes Istanbul, night glow, don’t fade out Teach my heart what faith’s about If there’s a sign in the city’s soul Istanbul, make me whole Bridge lights flash like a silver chain Rain on the stone, sweet on the pain Cafés full, but the eyes still tired Everyone burns for what they desire I hear a soft prayer through open air I don’t know the words, but I feel it there And I keep walking, calm but raw Trying to name what I never saw I’m in the middle, I’m in between Quiet fire, neon clean I breathe it in, I breathe it out Keep me, keep me from the doubt Istanbul, two shores, pull me closer East in my chest, West on my shoulder I’m a middle traveler, don’t make me choose Love in my hands, loss in my shoes Istanbul, night glow, don’t fade out Teach my heart what faith’s about If there’s a sign in the city’s soul Istanbul, make me whole I came for monuments, I stayed for the sound The way the night sings when the lights go down I don’t need answers, I just need proof That broken hearts still find a roof So I walk, so I breathe Between the gold and the grief Istanbul, two shores, pull me closer East in my chest, West on my shoulder I’m a middle traveler, don’t make me choose Love in my hands, loss in my shoes Istanbul, night glow, don’t fade out Teach my heart what faith’s about If there’s a sign in the city’s soul Istanbul, make me whole Two shores One heart Istanbul