Along

ALONG

-prep.

1. over or for the length of, especially in a more or less horizontal plane

-adv.

2. continuing over the length of some specified thing

3. in accompaniment; together with some specified person or people

4. forward

5. to a more advanced state

In a parallel universe

Along our steady lives

Thrive the strangest creatures

That only come out at night

Attracted by lanterns

And the vapid promises

Of ephemeral life