Tempus Fugit Lyrics

Tempus Fugit
by Yes

Born in the night, she would run like a leopard that freaks
At the sight of a mind close beside herself.
And the nearer I came, how the country would change,
She was using the landscape to hide herself.

More in the mind than the body this feeling a sense
At the end of a circular line that is drawn at an angle,
I see when I'm with you, to navigate waters
And finally answer to yes.

If you were there, you would want to be near me.
Innocence, you could hold the materials.
And though nothing would really be living,
It would shock your fall into landing light.

In the North sky, time flies fast to the morning.
The cold of the dawn, it meant nothing to us.
You were keeping your best situation, an answer to yes.

It's so good to be near you.
And the feeling you give me
Makes me want to be with you
From the moment you tell me yes.

If you could see all the roads I have travelled towards
Some unusable last equilibrium.
Run like an athlete and die like a dead beaten speed freak,
An answer to all of the answers to yes.

If I wait for an answer,
Will the silence be broken?
Do we wait for an answer?
Do we leave it unspoken?

Transcribed by Rich Kulawiec, rsk@ecn.purdue.edu.