1.
    C
You say you want to go back,
 Dm                   C
 change what has been done,
      F           Em
But experience is fixed and as
   Dm              Bb
 unyielding as the sun.

2.
      C
You'd like to look ahead into
   Dm          C
 tomorrow afternoon,
      F                 Em
But potential times lay hidden
          Dm               Bb
 like the dark side of the moon.

3.
       C
You're running from the present.
        Dm                 C
 Moment still keeps flying by.
          F             Bb
Now's the only place to work in.
            Eb           C
 Here's the only time to try.

4.
    Am                G
The present, past and future are
     F                C
 but three links in a chain.
    Am                 G
Our future's pleasures lie in hope
      F             Bb
 of escaping living pain.

5.
 C
Eventually we're born.
            Dm               C
 We have to leave the womb behind.
 F            Em
Eventually we see ahead,
     Dm             Bb
 the tomb is all we find.

6.
    C
The past is pain we can't escape.
    Dm         C
 It pushes us ahead.
       F                Bb
That's why we build for what we know
       Eb               C
 comes after when we're dead.

7.
    Am             G
But now is all you have today
     F                 G
 you have to drink the cup,
    Am                    G
And hope your past has prepared you
        Bb      C      D3sus
 for... what is coming up.