Lyrics

We all want to live forever Engrave my name on the stone As: "the man who don't have a world To see it burn" Build your highest monument Build you salmon, desperate To swim your way upstream To be swallowed whole Keep your timepiece tightly-wound Clock hands ever turning on Reminding you that you're late For your funeral Wake up wound-up by your watch Sleep while strung up by your wrists Gracefully counting the years left Until you die There's too many more wonders to burn down Statues and monoliths will crumble, anyhow Time has that funny way of stealing everything Time has Time has ???? wasted early days Settle down and don't forget Convince yourself that you're perfectly content Pass on family seed Forlorn revelry Of Herostratus' immortality through films There's still so much left to do You can hardly hide The twinge of desperation when you speak at night Time has that funny way of slipping by so sweetly Time has Time has Time has been defied at least once By a madman with a book of matches Time has got to be destroyed Before it takes another casualty There's too many more wonders to burn down Statues and monoliths will crumble, anyhow Time has that funny way of stealing everything Time has got to go