time

the only song lyrics that genuinely terrify me:

"ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
waiting for someone or something to show you the way

tired of lying in the sunshine
staying home to watch the rain
but you are young and life is long
and there is time to kill today

and then one day you find
ten years have got behind you
no one told you when to run
you missed the starting gun

and you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
racing around to come up behind you again
the sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
shorter of breath and one day closer to death

every year is getting shorter
never seem to find the time
plans that either come to nought
or half a page of scribbled lines

hanging on in quiet desparation is the english way
the time is gone

the song is over
thought i'd something more to say"

shine on

remember when you were young, you shone like the sun
shine on you crazy diamond
now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky
shine on you crazy diamond
you were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze
come on you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine

__________________________

you reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon
shine on you crazy diamond
threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light
shine on you crazy diamond
well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze
come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine

________________________

nobody knows where you are, how near or how far
shine on you crazy diamond
pile on many more layers and i'll be joining you there
shine on you crazy diamond
and we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
sail on the steel breeze
come on you boy child, you winner and loser,
come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine
________________________
________________________