Meanwhile back in the year
One
When you belonged to
No one
You didn't stand a chance
Son
If your pants were
Undone
'Cause you were bred for
Humanity
And sold to society
One day you'll wake up
In the present day
A million generations
Removed from expectations
Of being who you really want to be
Skating away
Skating away
Skating away on the thin ice of the new day
So as you push off from the shore
Won't you turn your head once more
And make your peace with everyone?
For those who choose to stay
Will live just one more day
To do the things they should have done
And as you cross the wilderness
Suspending in your emptiness
If you have to
Pray
Looking for a sign
That the universal minds
Has written you into the passion play
Skating away
Skating away
Skating away on the thin ice of the new day
And as you cross the circle line
Well the ice-wall creaks behind
You're a rabbit on the run
And the silver splinters fly
In the corner of your eye
Shining in the setting sun
Well, do you ever get the feeling
That the story's
Too damn real
And in the present tense?
Or that everybody's on the stage
And it seems like
You're the only person sitting in the audience?
Skating away
Skating away
Skating away on the thin ice of the new day
Skating away
Skating away
Skating away...