My wings vanish and I fall from the sky Convinced that I'll die Body frozen as I brace for the ground And scream without sound With a jolt I wake up covered in sweat And start to forget Big boy don't be scared 'Twas only a nightmare
Narrowly escaping The siren's blare The timekeeper wakes me With seconds to spare
My Jerusalem in mortar and stone Spy Jesus' bones Dusty ruins rough like sand in my ear The fables and fears My kingdoms are songs But decades are gone Half old and half wrong I'm only a son And not yet a father
Seconds, minutes, lifetimes In dreams erode But when comes the reaper The timekeeper knows
Nighttime shadows Safe from harm Savior from the rude alarm Time jumps backward Time stands still Reaper moves in for the kill.