This early summer, so uncertain Between the crosses row on row November children never sleeping Beneath the falling snow Empty arms that reach out for you Watch the earth turn at your feet I have lost my innocence In the winter of my discontent Look before you leap We're standing right on the edge I can see my whole life flash before my eyes Think before you speak You could get in over your head And you could lose by a heartbeat Here we are now High above this This perfect earth, beneath the sky All the humans, all the lovers Dream their dreams as we go by Love is plenty, love is famine In empty fields where airplanes die Kill the engines as we fly We are parachutes against the sky Look before you leap We're standing right on the edge I can see my whole life flash before my eyes Think before you speak You could get in over your head And you could lose by a heartbeat Did you think this was a game Where we could spread our wings and fly away