I turn my back to the wind

To catch my breath,

Before I start off again.

Driven on without a moment to spend

To pass an evening with a drink and a friend



I let my skin get too thin

I'd like to pause.

No matter what I pretend

Like some pilgrim --

Who learns to transcend --

Learns to live

As if each step was the end



Time stand still -- I'm not looking back

But I want to look around me now

See more of the people and the places that surround me now



Freeze this moment a little bit longer

Make each sensation a little bit stronger

Experience slips away...



I turn my face to the sun

Close my eyes.

Let my defences down --

All those wounds that I can't get unwound



I let my past go too fast

No time to pause --

If I could slow it all down

Like some captain, whose ship runs aground --

I can wait until the tide comes around



Make each impression a little bit stronger

Freeze this motion a little bit longer

The innocence slips away...



Summer's going fast, nights growing colder

Children growing up -- old friends growing colder

Experience slips away