Scared of losing all the time 
He wrote it in a letter 
He was a friend of mine 
He heard you could see your future 
Inside a glass of water 
The ripples and the lines 
And he asked, will I see heaven in mine? 

That is just the way it was 
Nothing could be better 
And nothing ever was 
Oh, they say you can see your future 
Inside a glass of water 
The riddles and the rhymes 
Will I see heaven in mine? 
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I 

Son 
Don't ask 
Neither half full nor empty 
Is your glass 
Cling 
To the mast 
Spend your whole life living 
In the past 
Going nowhere fast 

So he wrote it on a wall 
The hollowest of halos 
Is no halo at all 
Television selling plastic 
Figurines of leaders 
Saying nothing at all 
And you chime, stars in heaven align 
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I 

Son 
Don't ask 
Neither half full nor empty 
Is your glass 
Cling 
To the mast 
Spend your whole life living 
In the past 
Going nowhere fast 

And what are we drinking when we're done? 
Glasses of water