Watching in silence I hesitate It was not in the plans All of our lives we could only wait It was out of our hands And every war where we took the day It was all in our heads And though in the dark we dream at night They were better unsaid But this is the time And this is the place And these are the signs That we must embrace The moment is now In all history The time has arrived And this is the one place to be, yeah, yeah We placed our years in the hourglass They were never unearned And we seemed destined to watch them pass It was never our turn But this is the time And this is the place And these are the signs That we must erase The moment is now In all history The time has arrived And this is the one place to be, yeah, yeah This is the time And this is the place And these are the signs That we must erase The moment is now In all history The time has arrived And this is the one place to be, yeah, yeah