Hours

[Verse 1]
All this shifting of the hours
Goes towards the light
And the presence of this emptiness
Gives up without a fight

[Verse 2]
And the movement of the river
Goes towards the sea
And this absence of fulfilment
Presents itself to me

[Chorus 1]
Well, don’t be scared
It’s just the wind
And the minutes
Don’t know where to begin

And we are getting older
It’s not amounting to anything
To anything
So just let go

[Verse 3]
Oh, these pockets of the sky
They’re turbulent at best
We laugh when we are frightened
Not at our own behest

[Verse 4]
And the chattering of spirits
Keeps me wide awake
Now this isn’t something stolen, no
But it’s something I can’t take

[Chorus 2]
Don’t be scared
It’s just the wind
And the minutes
Don’t know where to begin

And we are getting older
And it’s not amounting to anything
To anything
So just let go

[Verse 5]
Now the sound of screaming beauties
As they cry themselves to sleep
Whatever I’ve held on to
Is never nothing I can keep

[Verse 6]
I lay my hands across the stone
And hold back my breath
I haven’t gone but I am fading, oh
Lord, I scare myself to death

[Chorus 3]
And don’t be scared
It’s just the wind
And the minutes
Don’t know where to begin
And we are getting older
And it’s not amounting
It all adds up
And who is counting

[Chorus 4]
So don’t be scared
It’s just the wind
And the minutes
Don’t know where to begin
And we are getting older
And it’s not amounting to anything
To anything
So just let go

[Post-Chorus]
Just let go, just let go
Just let go

[Outro]
Oh, the shifting of the hours
Goes towards the light
And the presence of this emptiness
Gives up without a fight