Take a photograph
And settle down
Two and two, not as hard as it looks

Better not to burn those books
You're not travelling on a beam of light
And you're not sitting around under house arrest

Until you change your mind
Not a blink
Not a breath

Not a sign [x4]

Take a photograph

To remind you
Of the things you know you will one day forget
Take a side effect

As a measure of your progress
Take what you give
And give what you take

And as you walk with your breath two feet in
Front of you in the cold
Take a photograph, to have and to hold [x2]

Take a photograph