We press on and on Funny how the future's always waiting for you When the day has gone We hide away Shadows that stalk you The wind that calls your name Voices in the thunder Don't understand what they're saying We build monuments To celebrate our glorious dead now Iron and cement Above their tombs We cast out our nets Drag up the struggling contents surely We must not forget That hunger looms Shadows that stalk you The wind that calls your name (shadows that stalk you) Shadows that stalk you Child cries and he learns
And doubt returns In the darkest hours We restle with our ancestors We resist their power The power of being In the coldest night Huddled 'round the dying embers Praying for the light Might set us free Fingers that soothe you Shadows that stalk you (the jokes that make you sleep) Intricate harness Shadows that stalk you (the harvest that you reap) Man stalls, he flies Man falls and he rise We press on and on Funny how the future's always waiting for you When the day has gone We hide away