[Verse 1] The time we knew nothing about
The  promises made, hidden from doubt
The  things we were told before we were old
Our weakness foretold our losses yet to come

[Verse 2] They herded us up to wait in a line
None  of us noted the passage of time
A  book with a page on the cruelty of age
And the wars they would wage in the name of our unhappy sons

[Verse 3] Our  friends have not abandoned us yet
Sisters and Brothers! Decisions regret
Of passion bereft when nothing is left
But the emptiness that became the only thing we knew

[Verse 4] Last  night I woke from a shout
The glow of the street light shone from without
The dust of our dreams suspended in beams
In the hollow place that once belonged to you