our course is coarsely plotted

on a map of shoddy dreams

and hindsight will reveal

time's moving faster than it seems

and maybe i'm just selfish

cause ive got nothing left to give

im still a foolish boy

ive got a lifetime left to live



i was swinging like a madman,

not quite sure what i'd felled

and i might never understand

exactly what it was i'd held

now i watch the sun descending

from the weathered gravel roof

and i recall the sky once told me

that all lies lead to the truth



so i'll look the other way

and i'll turn a deafened ear

and i'll talk of distant lands

and pretend i was never here



reality beads on my skin

like a slicker in the rain

but now i feel it's soaking in

and i begin to feel the pain

i fight the urge to run to you

this is how it has to be

we've gotta step away

right now we're just to close to see

so i'll look the other way

and i'll turn a deafened ear

and I'll talk of distant lands

and pretend I was never here