Time? Why? Explain

It's that sudden moment When you're swimming out from the beach You feel the current turning, It's pulling you out of reach You've been splashing around, Looking at all the life But now you're flailing, Borne out on the tide And it's a cold, cold day, when it happens But there is one long life leading on from this moment. There in the photographs, the people are all smiling, Were they really such good times, or was it just good timing? Sometimes I wonder where the photos are of me. A summer's day in the cool shade of a forest full of conifer trees And it's a cold, cold day, when it happens But there is one long life leading on from this moment. Stand tall in the moonlight, Stagger through the day There's no glamour in summertime The fields are just too far away You may feel like you're on borrowed time, but all they do is steal. You may feel caught in the headlights, but they're asleep at the wheel And it's a cold, cold day, when it happens But there is one long life leading on from this moment. Well, it's a cold, cold day, when it happens But there is one long life leading on from this moment.