1989

Oh, back in 1989, you must have been there at the time To feel the weightlessness of old Failing history in class, you could smile at that, I guess If you think it happened Some still have a piece of wall, or aimed too high before the fall Others simply failed to show 'Cause it was 1989, if it was any other time I'd know Touch my skin Where you been? Say I'm in It feels like it is just a simple halo I know it should take a little less to find a little rest From the moon and from the tide But back in 1989, I fought the battles that were mine I think they happened 'Cause I was first and I was last to read too much into the past Through ashes and through embers Was it now in the snow or early spring, did I break a thumb or another limb? I don't remember Touch my skin Where you been? Say I'm in It feels like it is just a simple halo We'd go to where the sailors go Salute the unmoored We'd be the ones who say goodbye That's what we're here for All the azaleas in their prime, an imaginary shrine They are frozen in their bloom 'Cause back in 1989 is when I learned to look behind Like nothing happened You know it always comes too soon, not even halfway to the moon You burn excuses on your lips Yeah, it was such a marble time, the year of 1989 You know, the time that I can't put behind Let it spin Lose or win (the time that I can't leave behind Next of kin It feels like this is just a simple halo We'd go to where you want to go And hurry no morre We'd be the ones who say goodbye That's what we're here for