By the time you read these words I will be gone And I don't know if I'll be back So before you ask, just remember that we've been here before I see through windows in the rain Through all the language left behind And I watch you drink invisible ink So I won't know when you swallow your words I won't be there to watch it all unravel To watch the union come undone The end could come at any time With harvest hands and TV eyes And the scientists know the way it is And we all know And we follow them down I hear you talking like a train On concepts you can't quite explain Like a Dictaphone set especially slow And I don't have the heart To tell you what a fool you are I won't be there to watch it all unravel To watch the union come undone By the time you hear this tape I will be gone And I won't be back So don't even ask Cause we all know And we follow With our eyes on the sky And our hands in the snow.