The Past Recedes

[Intro] One, two, three, four [Verse 1] And then the past recedes and I won't be involved The effort to be free, seems pointless from above You're looking down at me, I'd rather stay below Than have you staring up at me is nowhere I want to go [Chorus 1] Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive Why to be here you first got to die so I gave it a try And what do you know, time was so long ago [Verse 2] And things come back you see to where they don't belong And every drop of sea is the whole ocean [Chorus 2] I lied to the greatest thieves about anything and everything I'm a figure of forgotten speech, I'm out of reach Oh, I can't play it safe, but I might just in case [Guitar Solo] [Chorus 3] I'm disguised as a reaching hand, I'm a working man I don't understand why clockout comes so slow everytime That's one line I stay right behind That's one line I stay right behind