The Hour Grows Late Lyrics

I'm in the midst

Of the disappearance of time

It keeps running away

To a place that I can't find

I can't seem to create it

But oh how I need it

Simply couldn't say when it slipped away

But I know that time escaped

Can't let time escape

As I watch the hour grow late

With the clock I will debate

The clock and I debate

As I watch the hour grow late

Take what's left of me

Steal all my energy

Break what's left of me

Drain all my energy

I don't want to be

Just another common casualty

Like those who've gone before me

That lost their sense of urgency

I can't stand to lose

Another minute carelessly

Like those who've quit before me

That fell into complacency

Give me back time

To make everything right

Grant me the chance

To find the best use of my life

Watch me find my pace

Since my steps I can't retrace

If time must tick away

I can't chase wasted days

No more wasted days

As I watch the hour grow late

Father Time and I debate

Father Time and I debate

As I watch the hour grow late

Take what's left of me

Steal all my energy

Break what's left of me

Drain all my energy

I don't want to be

Just another common casualty

Like those who've gone before me

That lost their sense of urgency

I can't stand to lose

Another minute carelessly

Like those who've quit before me

That fell into complacency

Time is the enemy

Never been a father to me

We don't seem able to agree

Always been a bit faster than me

His hands allow him to fly away

Don't feel him passing

Until you're old and grey

Treats every creature

As if they're prey

No amount of begging

Will make him sway

Time is the enemy

Never been a father to me

We don't seem able to agree

Always been a lot colder than me

Time, once upon me

Has brought me down to bended knee

Years, passing by me

Have taught me how to live and be

It's clear there's something more

Than the tired routine

Something meaningful

In the time between

I'm riding the hands

As they spin around

A destination in my sight

A purpose before the endless night

I don't want to be

Just another common casualty

Like those who've gone before me

That lost their sense of urgency

I can't stand to lose

Another minute carelessly

Like those who've quit before me

That fell into complacency