I hate choking on past words, I swim upstream. The ones to never ever let you try. Blackout, clear hearts won't counteract; see through the dirt in your eyes. You must stand on battle lines if you ...

Standing alone by the edge of a river ...The bargain was quick f...When the sand's running out and the ending is near ...The ending is near ...The ending is near ...The ending is... ...The man climbed aboard and set sail for the ocean ...He put on the mast all the canvas she'd take ...aid himself down on the deck neath the tiller ...The ship was his coffin...The wind touched the sail and the ship ...Moved the ocean ...The wind from the storm set the course she would ta...e towards a soul on the ocean ...From the wake of Magellan to...Hours and minutes ...In the dark he heard a whi...In the desert look for wat...On the ocean look for land...In the dark he heard a whi...In the desert look for wat...On the ocean look for land...And there in the waves ...That he saw in the night ...'Tween the flashes of light ...And he ...And all he had prayed ...In the grip of the storm ...And he ...Safely back onto the shore ...Only this and nothing more ...Safely back onto the shore ...Only this and nothing more ...And all at once the heavens bled their ...The anchor broke the chains they flew aw...And suddenly the waves were reaching...And in the dark I thought I he...Safely back onto the shore ...Only this and nothing more ...But what the sailor did not know...And would never learn ...The young child had ret...And finding the broken hourglass ...en placed sand from the beach inside ...And placed the lid on tight ...He left it in the sand ...And then he quickly ran...And if this is not to b...f while he stays on the land ...And seeing the hourglass now so mu...And somewhere that boat's now adrift on the ...The mast at full sail and there's no one on b...The hourglass no longer sits by the ocean ...prints all alone on the shore ...And soon they're no mor...And we've reached the final scene ...hat had happened in-between ...From the moment when the boy was saved ...And their boat had reached the shore ...y talked about life and death ...And perhaps a little mo...The boy said he'd been ...Aboard the "maersk dubai" ...When the captain had him thrown to the sea ...And left him there to d...At this the old sailor had stoo...And swore that he would...But the boy implored the sailor ...And as of recently he'd...That going to the authorities ...The police just might n...o when they reached the harbor ...He left the boy on another ship...And when he saw it pull...And was once more all a...He leaned against the tiller ...And turned his ship bac...He'd left the night before ...ed a last time from the boat ...And waded to the shore ...Then the old man picked the glass up ...And headed for the small cafe ...And the ocean watched him l...And as he left he heard...Drifting in the air ...Beneath the sword ...For young and old ...And that beat is such ...And that beat ...Between us ...And black eternity ...And until that time

Standing alone by the edge of a river...The bargain was quick f...When the sand's running out and the ending is near...The ending is near...The ending is near...The ending is...The man climbed aboard and set sail for the ocean...He put on the mast all the canvas she'd take...aid himself down on the deck neath the tiller...The ship was his coffin...The wind touched the sail and the ship...Moved the ocean...The wind from the storm set the course she would ta...e towards a soul on the ocean...From the wake of Magellan to...Hours and minutes...In the dark he heard a whi...In the desert look for wat...On the ocean look for land...In the dark he heard a whi...In the desert look for wat...On the ocean look for land...And there in the waves...That he saw in the night...'Tween the flashes of light...And he...And all he had prayed...In the grip of the storm...And he...Safely back onto the shore...Only this and nothing more...Safely back onto the shore...Only this and nothing more...And all at once the heavens bled their ...The anchor broke the chains they flew aw...And suddenly the waves were reaching...And in the dark I thought I he...Safely back onto the shore...Only this and nothing more...But what the sailor did not know...And would never learn...The young child had ret...And finding the broken hourglass...en placed sand from the beach inside...And placed the lid on tight...He left it in the sand...And then he quickly ran...And if this is not to b...f while he stays on the land...And seeing the hourglass now so mu...And somewhere that boat's now adrift on the...The mast at full sail and there's no one on b...The hourglass no longer sits by the ocean...prints all alone on the shore...And soon they're no mor...And we've reached the final scene...hat had happened in-between...From the moment when the boy was saved...And their boat had reached the shore...y talked about life and death...And perhaps a little mo...The boy said he'd been ...Aboard the "maersk dubai"...When the captain had him thrown to the sea...And left him there to d...At this the old sailor had stoo...And swore that he would...But the boy implored the sailor...And as of recently he'd...That going to the authorities...The police just might n...o when they reached the harbor...He left the boy on another ship...And when he saw it pull...And was once more all a...He leaned against the tiller...And turned his ship bac...He'd left the night before...ed a last time from the boat...And waded to the shore...Then the old man picked the glass up...And headed for the small cafe...And the ocean watched him l...And as he left he heard...Drifting in the air...Beneath the sword...For young and old...And that beat is such...And that beat...Between us...And black eternity...And until that time