I cried out to listening ears A childhood of learning new fears Words that were promised by a whisper in my ear Remembering days before me and counting down the years Oh, Is it a bird in the hand Or, castles in the sand Oh, It's been a long time coming ♪ I cross the land of peers And comforts suppress my tears I'm bound by expectation but I don't know who to blame The roads been laid before me but I don't think the same Oh, Is it a bird in the hand Or, Castles in the sand Oh, It's been a long time coming ♪ Now I am the breaker of chains And I have fire deep in my veins I once believed that there's no other way but I wanted more I reached out for the last time through the door of evermore Oh, Is it a bird in the hand Or castles in the sand Oh, It's been a long time coming It's been a long time coming