[Verse 1]
A bed of nails
Cold, dark, deep refrigeration
I hear it calling me
A broken rail
As he drools over the congregation
I hear it calling me
Now, I won't tell you how to live your life
I never saw the point in thinking twice
I turn the wheel by day, by night
Raise your flag, here's to the liberation
[Pre-Chorus]
Day by day, I move in time
Turn the wheel, pay for my crimes
[Chorus]
The miller's horse is wearing down
He bangs his heart on hallowed ground
The miller hears a single sound
The sound of the grinding wheel goes round and round
[Verse 2]
The ship has sailed
To dark sea destinations
I feel it holding me
The gods are hailed
For their absentee observations
I feel it holding me
Now, I can't tell you where integrity hides
It showed its face, you struck it down and it died
I turn my wheel with a seamless pride
Raise your flag, here's to the revolution
[Pre-Chorus]
Day by day, I move in time
Turn the wheel, pay for my crimes
[Refrain]
The pain is all you ever feel
A concrete will, and a back of steel
I give my soul unto the wheel
[Pre-Chorus]
Day by day, I move in time
Turn the wheel, pay for my crimes
[Chorus]
The miller's horse is wearing down
He bangs his heart on hallowed ground
The miller hears a single sound
The sound of the grinding wheel
The miller's horse is wearing down
He bangs his heart on hallowed ground
The miller hears a single sound
The sound of the grinding wheel goes round and round
[Bridge]
Eye of the needle in the heart of the sun
Stuck in the middle with the blazing one
This weathered hand has a grip of steel
The eyes have seen it all on the grinding wheel
Say your prayers, say what you feel
Count your blessing, make a deal
What you borrow, what you steal
Crush it all on the grinding wheel
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
The grinding wheel keeps turning
Round and round and round
The grinding wheel keeps turning
Round and round and round
The grinding wheel, the grinding wheel keeps turning
Round and round and round
The grinding wheel, the grinding wheel keeps turning
Round and round and round
[Outro]
(The grinding wheel keeps turning round)
The grinding wheel keeps turning
(The grinding wheel keeps turning)
Round and round and round
(Round and round
Round and round
Round and round)
(The grind is turning round)
The grinding wheel keeps turning
(Keeps turning)
Round and round and round
(And round and round
Round and round
Round and round
And round and round
Round and round
Round and round
And round and round
Round and round
Round and round
And round and round
Round and round
Round and round
And round and round
Round and round
Round and round
The grinding wheel...)
The grinding wheel
Keeps turning...