[Verse 1]When the world speaksIt rattles through me like an antiqueOr maybe it rings like an old bellWishing us some kinda farewellA weight in the window, a beaconThe batten downEnd of the seasonLullaby blueIt is two dovesShot in the heat of the summerAnd truer than words[Chorus]We're a long way, long wayFrom the best of the best of times[Verse 2]There's a broken clock tower out in the oceanHolding me under the tableTether me down like a cradleDrowning me outWith an amen barrel aheadAnd an auld lang syneAnd everything's fine[Chorus]We're a long way, long wayFrom the best of the best of timesA long way, long wayFrom the best of the best of times[Verse 3]And I wonderWhether our days are unnumberedIf one is the same as anotherWhether we mistook the coloursFor the real thingIf we'll ring outBrimming and broken and somehowTruer than blueAnd then come toPulled from the wreckIn the day breakAll equal and safe[Chorus]We're a long way, long wayFrom the best of the best of timesA long way, long wayFrom the best of the best of times
