Hands In The Snow

By the time you read these words I will be gone

And I don't know if I'll be back

So before you ask

Just remember

That we've been here before



I see through windows in the rain

Through all the language left behind

And I watch you drink 

Invisible ink

So I won't know

When you swallow your words



I won't be there 

To watch it all unravel

To watch the union come undone



The end could come at any time

With harvest hands and tv eyes

And the scientists

Know the way it is

And we all know

And we follow them down



I hear you talking like a train

On concepts you can't quite explain

Like a dictaphone

Set especially slow

And I don't have the heart

To tell you what a fool you are



I won't be there

To watch it all unravel 

To watch the union come undone



By the time you hear this tape I will be gone

And I won't be back

So don't even ask

Cause we all know

And we follow

With our eyes on the sky

And our hands in the snow