Time Eagle

Time doesn't exist
But each day is different
Hanging off the edge
Of the present

And your name belongs to time
You might hear it if you rhyme
And reach down through the sound
To heaven's bedrock

The situation's pretty hairy
Held so tightly in your hand
Everything is temporary
Falls like sand through the wind

As a Time Eagle
Always coming by
To watch with his message
As it falls
Right before your eyes

The emperor wears no clothes
You sit up on your throne
But everybody leaves the outfit
Like a doll on the bed

You stop trying to listen in
Convinced the train'll come and go
Losing track as soon as
You turn around

"Everything depends on time"
Says the sign with flashing lights
Dip your toes over the edge
And you may notice the line

Especially when it's scary
What was it that I said?
Everything is temporary
Falls like sand through the wind

While the Time Eagle
Hanging from the clouds
Sees what is evil
In living
With the inside out