He's terrified of the future

So he clings to the past

No matter how hard he tries

The sands of time slip through his grasp

He knows he must move on

It's only natural they say

But he is bound and gagged and locked up

By the chains of yesterday

He just wants to rewind

To a time he'll never see again

Desperately hoping to find

What he had now he lost it

Somewhere in the good old days

The way he felt has long decayed

And that's why

That is why

He just wants to rewind

He aches to go back for the lack of things to hide from

All his uncertainties now certain for he knows what's to come

He'll wish his life away but he knows that

Longs for yesterday wants to go back

Slowly turned to stone

By the thought of the backtrack

He just wants to rewind

To a time he'll never see again

Desperately hoping to find

What he had now he lost it

Somewhere in the good old days

The way he felt has long decayed

And that's why

That is why

He just wants to rewind

Time goes on and on and then we're through

I'll live in constant fearfulness of the new

Time goes on and on and then we're through

I'll live in constant fearfulness of the new

Time goes on and on and then we're through

I'll live in constant fearfulness of the new

Time goes on and on and then we're through

I'll live in constant fearfulness of the new

He just wants to rewind

To a time he'll never see again

Desperately hoping to find

What he had now he lost it

Somewhere in the good old days

The way he felt has long decayed

And that's why

That is why

He just wants to rewind