[Verse 1]
Fragments from the decade are splayed out on your floor
Like hundreds of locked doors
And there is a story that you're trying to find
But the pieces don't fit together in your mind

[Verse 2]
Your mother was a drunkard, your father was not a saint
And your sister lacked restraint
And in photos you were always staring through the lens
To some distant place you would rather have been

[Chorus]
Days are lonely and long
Walking in place where you don't belong
Here on paved native lands
Time disappears from the palms of your hands

[Verse 3]
Fragments from the decade are dancing in the fire
Like marionettes on wires
And if you stare too long they almost seem alive
Too beautiful and helpless to survive

[Chorus]
Days are lonely and long
Walking in place where you don't belong
Here on paved native lands
Time disappears from the palms of your hands
[Outro]
Time disappears from the palms of your hands
Time disappears from the palms of your hands