Hourglass

When I was younger, I searched the sky for answers
 Life was a dancer, looking for an escort
 I took her hand and gladly she followed
 The stars revealed their wanton course
 And the days and the nights from my childhood
 Drained through my hands so fast
 Receding waves lost in the ocean
 Grains of sand trapped in the hourglass
 Along the road my heart grew disenchantment
 Lost the childish things to become a man
 Curiosity turned to security
 Waves crashing castles made of sand
 And the days and the nights from my childhood
 Drained through my hands so fast
 Receding waves lost in the ocean
 Grains of sand trapped in the hourglass
 Our years are small as thimbles of sand on the beach
 As time rolls on the immortal door lies just beyond our beach
 And the days and the nights from my childhood
 Drained through my hands so fast
 Receding waves lost in the ocean
 Grains of sand trapped in the hourglass