[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Whistle, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Flute, Drums, Saxophone, Percussion]
[Intro]
Yesterday…
(Tomorrow…)
Today…
(Have you ever looked this way?)
Look ahead!
(Look behind!)
Who’s observing?
(Who’s in mind?)
[Verse 1]
I saw tomorrow in a dream last night
It looked like yesterday in a different light
The future came knocking, the past walked in
And the present couldn’t tell where to begin
[Refrain]
The future…
(Is sure…)
Easy to see
(Retrospectively)
Once memory,
(Then what… really?)
[Instrumental: Whistle Solo]
The past…
(Might last…)
Indefinitely,
(But really…)
If there’s no one to see?
[Instrumental: Whistle Solo]
[Verse 2]
The clock keeps ticking, the seconds fly
But what is a moment as it passes by?
A fraction of now that we try to hold
Turns into a story that we’ve often retold
[Refrain]
The future…
(Is sure…)
Easy to see
(Retrospectively)
Once memory,
(Then what… really?)
[Instrumental: Whistle Solo]
The past…
(Might last…)
Indefinitely,
(But really…)
If there’s no one to see?
[Instrumental: Whistle Solo]
[Bridge]
[Instrumental: Guitar Solo]
Is the past still there?
(When nobody knows?)
Does tomorrow exist?
(Before it unfolds?)
Is the present a point?
(That we cannot retain?)
Or a river of change
(That keeps flowing again?)
The observer observes
(But the observer’s involved)
The question keeps turning
(And remains unresolved)
[Instrumental]
(Tick-tock…)
(Who’s watching the clock?)
(Flashback…)
(What do you know?)
(Fast forward…)
(Where will it go?)
(Rewind!)
(What did we find?)
[Breakdown]
The future!
(Will endure!)
The present!
(Experienced!)
The past!
(Passed!)
[Refrain]
The future…
(Is sure…)
Easy to see
(Retrospectively)
Once memory,
(Then what… really?)
The past…
(Might last…)
Indefinitely,
(But really…)
If there’s no one to see?
[Final Refrain]
The future…
(Is sure…)
Easy to see
(Retrospectively)
We knew it all along!
(Or so we believe!)
[Outro]
The past…
(Might last…)
Indefinitely,
(But really…)
What remains of history
(When there’s no one to see?)
The future…
(Is sure…)
Easy to see…
(Retrospectively.)
[Instrumental: Whistle Solo]
[Silence]
[End]
From the album “Feedback Coupling“