Lyrics:

Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance
A Passage In Time (Dead Can Dance) (8)
These silent chances
Pass one by
B:[pass not by!]
D:[pass wrong by]
Whomever you are
None at all

Resign[ed] to the
D:[^agree]
Hands of fate
We'll? unending
B:[\'we'll wait here? ing,\']
E:[We'll WAIT unending]
D:[agree with E:]
Beck and call
B:[\'beckon call\'?]

Til' we return
Paradise in turn
Spread your golden wings
Let the sails unfurl!

Til we return
Paradise in turn
Spread your golden wings
Let the fires burn!

These silent chances
Pass one by
B:[\'pass them by\']
D:[pass wrong by]
Whomever you are
None(?) at all
Resign[ed] to the
Hands of fate
We'll? unending
B:[\'we'll await the ending\'?]
E:[We'll WAIT unending]
Beck and call

Til' we return
Paradise in turn
Spread your golden wings
Let the sails unfurl!

'Til we return
Paradise in turn
Spread your golden wings
Let the sails unfurl

No, opportunity's doors
Did not open wide
The answers remain
Locked away inside
Locked away inside
Locked away inside
Locked away inside!
So? B:[for] our labour we till the earth!
Y:[SO (sounds like fast chained) our labour we till the earth!]
To sow the seeds of our own rebirth!

As the days turned into years
Our faith overcame any doubts or fears
Any doubts or fears
Are there any doubts or fears
Any doubts or fears
Are there any doubts or fears?

The truth be had from the?
Y:[The truth be had from the TREE(?)]
For a? on a? mystery
Y:[For a TRAVEL(?) (xxx) on a LOVER'S/MOTHER'S (?) mystery]
D:[for a crop rotation?]
This mystery
This mystery
This mystery
This mystery