That's why the words 'I'll be back' Mean so little to me where I'm sat Holding up a toast to all the dead particles of dark matter everywhere Time marches on around the cracks Of all the crooked grandfather clocks it's in Together on the phone we'll break our backs Trying to keep the sky from caving in But every time I need you I look back Hold it up and ask it why it's that It's all I ever do to let you know that There's only ever oceans there instead Here's all the new ends Heading out into the dark night, safe as ever Old enough to be out all alone together Giving in to the idea of all and ever Cos at the end of the light a second lasts forever Coming out of the ice age even stronger Going right to the top in all the stormy weather Giving in to the idea of all and ever 'Cos at the end of the light a second lasts forever Every time I need you I look back Hold it up and ask it why it's that It's all I ever do to let you know that There's only ever oceans there instead Here's all the new ends