As the Pendulum Swings

Time ticks by in the Earth and Sky,
The birds they sing as the Pendulum Swings,
The sun and Moon are setting soon,
and all ears ring as the Pendulum Swings

Seconds make hours and the hours grow sour,
We live our life so full of strife,
The days drag on and tire the the strong,
but our songs we sing as the Pendulum Swings,

We waste our lives on things and lies,
We sit and wait through war and hate,
We live for the now and never ask how,
We don't to a thing as the Pendulum Swings

When will we see that there's more we could be?
That time is a gift, and that it is swift?
We're losing our chance, so lets wake from this trance,
and let us do great things as the Pendulum Swings