Watching the clock hands race on by Years passing like dust in the sky Fortune and fame, they passed through my hands Like footprints washing away in the sand Eternity's weight drags me down These wings of gold become my crown I'd trade it all, give up these days To feel my heart beat in human ways Looking out past the edge of time Where mortals dance their brief design This cursed gift, this endless view Makes what I see fade to shades of blue The universe keeps expanding wide While I'm too slowly dying here inside All this power, what's it for? When you can't walk through the final door Another century fades to grey The price of living day after day What I'd give to feel the thrill Of knowing life is mortal still Time's just a lie we tell ourselves While counting moments on dusty shelves I'd trade these years that never end To live and die as a lover and friend
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