The Years Go Down · letra

Verse 1

I was lying on the inside All snuggled safe and warm Now I'm crying on the outside 'Cause all my keys don't fit the door I'd survive in foggy weather A little rainfall now and then But I can't abide this endless desert storm of dry bones, sand, and wind

Chorus 1

And so I say I don't know why, I don't know why The years go down, the years turn 'round And now it's comin' down, it's comin' down again Was I ever on the inside?

Verse 2

Time was on my side for so long 'Til it said so long to me Then it fled and left for dead this dying body on some Dead man's property Did I fall down on the first round? Will I get up for the last? Too many choices wrong and oh, so long forgotten, buried deep inside My little shallow past

Chorus 2

What can I say? I don't know why, I don't know why (Deep water, stranded high and dry) The years go down, the years turn 'round And now it's comin' down, it's comin' down again I looked happy on the outside To the world, to the world, say it again, yeah The years go down, the years turn 'round And now it's comin' down, it's comin' down again I was happy on the outside To the world, to the world, to the world

Bridge 11

I realize I'm outside Every day, every night Will I ever get it right? I realize you're inside

Instrumental Interlude

Bridge 2

You and me, could it be I'm set free?

Verse 3

I realize I'm outside Clinging to the past My world is dying, and I keep on crying, watching every precious day Precious day go right on past

Chorus 3

And so I say I don't know why, I don't know why Everybody has to die The years go down, the years turn 'round And it's comin' down, comin' down 'til everybody's in the ground Are you happy on the inside? To the world, to the world, say it again, yeah The years go down, the years turn 'round And now it's comin' down, comin' down 'til everybody's in the ground Are you happy on the inside?