handful of sand 

Is all that you grab

As you're watching the money fall

Right through your hands

It took such a long, long time now

To build on demand

But this is a war in the cradle of

This modern man

Does this mean we're breaking up? 

Like stones again? 

mouthful of glass

That cuts up your words

You better watch that nothing's falling out

Watching nothing is heard

Does this mean we're breaking up? 

Like stones again?

It took a long, long, long, long time 

To reverse, like a curse

It took a long, long, long, long time

Took long, long, long, long time

And these are the words in the pages of

And this is the law of unspoken love

And this is a war in the cradle of

This modern man

Does this mean we're breaking up? 

Like stones again?