Change

Well, you know

that every castle’s built on shifting sand.

Your certainties must turn to melting snow

and spill like water from your empty hands

And well you know

this world is not a solid place to stand

every kingdom’s waiting for its overthrow

and the future never will be what we planned.

But also know

that only rust remembers every battle

that only dust knows all it’s smoothed away.

The lucky man rides high in a golden saddle

for just one day

for just one day.

And well you know

the past has left you feeling abandoned

the present time just seems to go so slow

the future’s like a rock on which you’re stranded.

It may be so.

Remember though

that every lie in full of time will be unspoken

and every scar with passing years will fade away.

All your chains and prison bars, they will be broken

And we shall see

(oh, we shall see)

a brighter day.

 

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