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I can't find the words just yet.My silence is a burden, like a promise unkept, butJust what could I sayThat would bring you back today??So, what's your name?? he saidWhile he searched for the answers in the back of his head, old manCan't you see it's me?I'm your first grandson, remember me?But a hollowed out shell is all that remainsOf the man that's responsible for my middle name.As he stares blankly in my face,I see the darkness where I was replaced.Time without wield just ticks away (ticks away)The hours are pulling you further awayLike a grandfather clock, your arms swing and then stop'til we both no longer have words to say.Are you surprised by my tears?My grandmother watched you fade for years,But my heart, it breaksfor every day that she wakesAnd another memory disappears.Yet she stays by your sideHer love and her patience keep you warmer at nightBut her courage inspires us allSongtextefor her willingness to take the fall.Time without wield just ticks away (ticks away)The hours are pulling you further awayLike a grandfather clock, your arms swing and then stop'til we both no longer have words to say.My humble heart kept my mouth shutWhile my empty head seemed to get stuckon the words I use to fill upAll the emptiness that consumes us.My back breaks under the weightOf the inevitabilityThat you will forget everything.Do you remember me?Your love for the ocean is what led me to the sea.Every summer, every ocean breezeshaped the man that I'd grow up to be. So I'llBury your memory thereIn the bosom of the ocean and the salt water air.We'll meet again, I prayOn the ocean somedayWhere the sun and the water collide.Time without wield just ticks away The hours are pulling you further awayLike a grandfather clock, your arms swing and then stop'til we both no longer have words to say.Time without wield just ticks away (ticks away)The hours are pulling you further away (further away)Like a grandfather clock, your arms swing and then stop'til we both no longer have words to say.My humble heart kept my mouth shut (time ticks away)While my empty head seemed to get stuckon the words I use to fill up (further away)All the emptiness that consumes us.My back breaks under the weight (time ticks away)Of the inevitabilityThat you will forget everything. everything. (until you forget everything) Aus Songtexte Mania