The face of time, my stitch in nine A cauldron of dreams The clouds that clear, a face that's near to mine With a halo's rim and a glass of gin Three buttons and a thread I'll reverse the trend and mend a rent in time For I'm not the kind Who lives forwards in time It isn't my sea or sky That shines, that shines In the depths, I find the space of mind A seer's paradise With shapes that shift, a parting mist of time And it's turning in this way I spin With buttons and thread To reverse the trend, mend a rent in time 'Cause it's all that I can do Is walking backwards with you A different time clocked within And down, down And I'm not the kind Who lives forwards in time It isn't my sea or sky That shines, shines 'Cause it's all that I can do Is walking backwards with you A different time clocked within And down, down Down, down, down, down