[bad word] wrapped up in time 
Like the past in a present 
Or the perfect line in a song 

They take their time 
And when they're gone 
They take their time with them 

And you can't have them back 
Because the time for them has gone 
And their time has gone with them 

The time for them has gone. 

There's an echo of them 
An echo of the time they were wrapped in 
Sweet or bitter in the memory 
But an echo is all, all I can reach now 

An echo of you 
An echo of you 
An echo of you in your time 

Still echoing 
Like a star in the sky 
Like a star in the sky above me 

And the story of its life 
Told backwards down this rod of light 
But at its beginning.. 
Long extinct