[Verse 1]

On and on, the clock was wrong

"You've been numb so long"

His words, they lapped an endless rote

"It's gonna rain, build a boat"

On masterstrokes of ebb and flow

Down the drain the current flows

All along the alpenglow

It seems my pain was self-imposed

[Refrain]

I'm just waiting for the storm to die out, out

I'm just waiting for the storm to die

I'm just waiting for the storm to die

[Verse 2]

On and on, in memory

You'll have my company

Mountainbuilding, anodynes

Both in handfuls at a time

I asked the trees why they grow

They said "It's all we know"

I apologize to all I see

For everything I used to be

On and on, the clock was slow

Down the drain, we surely know

How to drink the oceans up

"Better start with a cup"

[Refrain]

I'm just waiting for the storm to die out