Lyrics When Is the Future? - VNV Nation

When Is the Future?

A stranger in the crowd
Treading fire after dark
Lost in a city
Pulsing to a sound
Of the spirit and soul
A city that is breathing
Living through the cables
Alive across the wires
Faces without names
Playing devils and angels
Lit up by the strobes
Moving hypnotised
I caught your reflection
In the neon on glass
An electric silhouette
Against a static sky
It’s a beautiful dream
It’s a beautiful life
It’s just a reflection
A world that must survive
We’re children of the past
Who look beyond today
Designing the present
So when is the future
We live in a dream
Keeping visions alive
It’s just a reflection
A world that never dies
An image we create
In our image we design
It’s a beautiful life
So when is the future
Time moves so fast
In a single direction
Fighting with a present
Racing from the past
We’re searching for something
That can never satisfy
The reality of answers
When lives are on the line
I’ve waited a lifetime
For the age of wonder
A place that I remember
In a splinter of time
A stranger in a strange land
Caught in the flow
Still searching for answers
Among the neon lights
It’s a beautiful dream
It’s a beautiful life
It’s just a reflection
A world that must survive
We’re children of the past
Who look beyond today
Designing the present
So when is the future
We live in a dream
Keeping visions alive
It’s just a reflection
A world that never dies
An image we create
In our image we design
It’s a beautiful life
So when is the future
It’s a beautiful dream
It’s a beautiful life
It’s just a reflection
A world that must survive
We’re children of the past
Who look beyond today
Designing the present
So when is the future
We live in a dream
Keeping visions alive
It’s just a reflection
A world that never dies
An image we create
In our image we design
It’s a beautiful life
So when is the future