You changed your shoes to something smart Said you'd finally, begrudgingly, fallen to progress And these old rags, once so loved, Now lay in tatters and didn't matter to time 'Darling, time waits for no shoe Still less for me or you And everything we do Makes time slip faster still' And while they formed around your feet I thought you different; Indifferent and reverent intertwined And if surprise betrayed these eyes When you looked up at mine As I considered you for everything you'd been I've known your heart as long as it's been beating You wear your father's diving suit You say it comforts you To clutch something real against your skin You chose, and you choose, To break a wishbone heart To tell the truth I've known your heart as long as it's been beating I've known your heart as long as it's been beating I've loved your heart as long as it's been beating I've loved your heart...