This is the Time (and This is the Real Time)

waking and beginning
and driving on the line

as we sing of locations together

moving down the one way streets
and leaving things behind

with signs to remind us it's over
regretting how fast we have sped
cause we're always leaving
and saying so long
to the places on the way

now we're always talking
of our leavings on the line

as scientists dig and uncover
the ride that we spent on four legs
a number on an odometer

that we have barely turned
and soon we will be gone
forgetting all the songs that we sung
of locations that we thought to give a wave

waking and beginning
and driving on the line

as they sing of locations together