[Verse 1]
It seems like yesterday
You took my breath away
How could the world still turn?
We're not what we thought we were

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Must you be leavin' so soon, so soon, so soon, oh?
I was just fallin' for you, for you, for you
I'm sorry I'm late, I was ablaze
I was just starting on hopin' you'd stay
Must you be leavin' so soon, soon?

[Chorus]
The death of a century
Has sunken its teeth in me
How the hands of the clock
Are beating to death
Our memory

[Verse 2]
I'm older than the man
I was when I began
What use is breathing in
If I'm nothing more than skin?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Must you be leavin' so soon, so soon, so soon, oh?
I was just fallin' for you, for you, for you now
I held my tongue when we were young
Holdin' my horses but jumpin' the gun
I must be aging now too, too

[Chorus]
The death of a century
Has sunken its teeth in me
How the hands of the clock
Are beating to death
Our memories

[Outro]
Must you be leaving so soon, so soon, so soon?