Passing Time (Folk Version) Lyrics

I watch the waters run through the country and my mind rolls

Slow like an old mans

Tired and lonely

I fiddle with the gadgets of the modern world

To pass the time I've come to know

But never understand

The branches break with cold cause it's freezing out tonight

And waves of loss come flowing in

Forcing men to dream

I can't believe we're lost and we haven't gone that far

Never left the place we are

I can't believe we're holding on as tight as we are

Smart as we think we are

Riddled with habits, my lungs are coal black

And time ain't what it used to be

Linearity's outside of me

The hard ground moves my feet but not my will

The rain's cold and my heart is still

I feel it lying inside of me

I'd burn it if I could and with the ashes let the wind blow

I'd travel farther than I could dream

On this cold evening

I can't believe we're lost and we haven't gone that far

Never left the place we are

I can't believe we're holding on as tight as we are

Smart as we think we are

We're just passing time

We're just passing time

We're just passing time

We're just passing time