[Intro — distant female voice / ticking mechanism] Take me back Take me back (Here I am) I just wanna know you Like I knew you then Take me back [Verse I] Turn the wheel Let the whole world disappear Watch the windows fill with years Till there's nothing left from here Cities rise Cities fall Names are dust upon the wall But somewhere underneath it all— (Here I am) [Pre-Chorus] Tell me what you wanna do Tell me where you wanna go Forward Backward Faster— Don't let go [Chorus] Ahhh (Here I am) You're in me Here I am Through the years Through the dark Every second leaves a mark (Yeahhh) Take me back Take me back Before the world Before goodbye Take me back [Verse II] Flowers bloom Then disappear Stone becomes a thousand years Faces pass The seasons burn Everything moves I return I can outrun tomorrow I can watch forever die But I can't find the doorway To the night you said goodbye [Break — machinery accelerating] Faster (Faster) Years become days Days become light Faster (Faster) Morning eats the night I saw the end I saw the start Still couldn't get you Out of my heart [Bridge — everything suddenly stops] No ticking No machine Only you Where you used to be Ahhh (Here I am) Are you memory? Are you real? Does it matter If you're all I feel? [Final Build] Turn it again Turn it again Break every gear Bend every hand Let every century Fall where it stands I don't want tomorrow I want— THEN [Final Chorus — explosive] AHHH (HERE I AM) You're in me Here I am Let the future come apart Let the years tear through my heart Take me back Take me back Before the world Before goodbye Before forever Learned to die (Here I am) Take me back [Outro — machine winding down] Tick Tick Tick I just wanna know you (You're in me) Like I knew you then Tick Take me back Take me— [mechanism stops]
