Hello, Man

Last week I saw a man with eight hands
By the twilight I saw him leave
Wading through the sifted sands
Ripping the fabric that time weaves

Hello, man, don't you remember?
What you created last December?
Hello, man, I'll see you again
'Cause a year in an hourglass is only a grain

(Chorus)
Sorry for the pain and sorry for the tears
Sorry for the blood and sorry for the years
Sorry for the hangman and sorry for the priest
Sorry for the killer and sorry for me

Hello, man, how do you feel?
Why do you replace what you steal?
Hello, man, what do you choose?
You gonna win or you gonna lose?

Hello, man, you live a lie
I don't even know why you try
Hello, man, I'll see you again
'Cause a year in an hourglass is only a grain

Written July, 1997