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 defenses 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 older

Experience slips away.