There was a time not so long ago
My eyes could see what my hands couldn't sow
But my hands caught up and I began to grow
I could see the line; I was closing in
Past the wreckage I was wading in
Through the noisy crowds and over the din
But your words came down like rain
And your words came down
I was building to break it down
My fist's full of sand that you helped to create

But if I don't squeeze then it all escapes
And the more I get the more it takes
'Cause your words fell down like hail
'Cause your words fell down
I was building to break it down
Now there's nothing more important to me
Than a guitar string and a melody
And you go and try to take that from me?
As your words fall down like fire
As your words fall down
We were building to break this down