Build a boat For yourself And set out For the sun In the dream Of yourself To dissolve And be gone He is here It's his machine Controls my life He's right in everything He's always been Slim and grey Sleepy traveller Pale at noon Thank him for being everything The call has come The finger points to Trace the names of the thousands Who are buried Under the sand That spills from the hourglass And it will spin you, drain you, eat you Once it is done In the cold yesterday We would share from a part Our hope climbed the wall Of our mind Outside All the thousands who are buried Under the well of common memories And they will eat you, drain you, drink you Once they are done