You only miss it when it's long gone


You only hear it when it's our song

These are the echoes of the dream time


This is a message from another life


This is a haunting of your own mind

These are the echoes of the dream time





You only miss it when it's long gone




I've been waking the dead


I've been leaning on tradition

Trying to make amends with the dead


Prayer candles that I burn at both ends




Missed opportunities we won't share again


I recognized in the touch of a friend


That I am closer to the place I began

And so far from where I want it to end





You only miss it when it's long gone

You only hear it when it's our song


Keep looking up 'cause it's a long way down


Keep looking up 'cause it's a long way down




And now I'm walking with the dead


An apparition trying to get ahead

Bleed some pressure from this hole in my heavy head


And there was high water everywhere


Back teeth are swimming and I wished I cared

My teeth are swimming and I wish that I cared





You only miss it when it's long gone

You only hear it when it's our song


Keep looking up 'cause it's a long way down


Keep looking up 'cause it's a long way down




And I feel like making a confession


Or running for the door

If we could heal a little bit of this broken pride

We might survive




These are the echoes of the dream time


This is a message from another life

This is a haunting of your own mind

These are the echoes of the dream time




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