time swallows time

if you hide; the kid inside

the more you live; the more he dies

that's the cost of livin'

always taking

never giving

give up things

that won't come back

'cause what you lost was all you had

i look around to see

is there anyone like me?

i'll close my eyes and try to understand

all there's left of my rock's a grain of sand

time swallows sand

and year swallows year

time swallows time

and all the time it disappears

time swallows time

float around

stay low and wait

i close my mouth around the bait

pull it when you're able

i'm a goldfish on a table

believing things that isn't true

there's a kid inside of you

and you don't hear him crying

but slowly he's dying

i'll close my eyes and try to understand

all there's left of my rock's a grain of sand

time swallows time

and year swallows year

time swallows time

and all the time it disappears

time swallows time

and year swallows year

i guess it does; it's this time a year

all the time just disappears

i guess it does; it's this time a year

time swallows time

and down the throat next year slips

time swallow time

and year licks it's lips