Where Did the Days Go

Verse 1

Mirror shows a stranger now

Crevices where laughter used to live

I count the rings around my eyes

Each one a year I swore I'd give

Fingers tracing faded photographs

Smiles that I don't recognize

The hourglass is nearly empty

Sand still slipping through my lies

Chorus

Where did the days go

Where did the years hide

I was just a boy with fire

Now I'm just a man with pride

Where did the sun go

Why'd the sky turn grey

I spent my whole life chasing

And threw the present away

Verse 2

Promises I made at twenty

Thirty found me broken still

Forty came like a thief at midnight

Fifty climbing up the hill

Every Monday felt like Monday

Every Sunday slipped through cracks

I was saving for tomorrow

Tomorrow never looks back

Pre-Chorus

And I'm screaming at the ceiling

But the ceiling doesn't care

The clock keeps ticking forward

While I'm pulling at my hair

Chorus

Where did the days go

Where did the years hide

I was just a boy with fire

Now I'm just a man with pride

Where did the sun go

Why'd the sky turn grey

I spent my whole life chasing

And threw the present away

Bridge

Maybe I could go back

Tell that younger man

Stop counting all the minutes

And learn to hold a hand

Maybe I could whisper

Slow down before you rust

But the echo only answers

With a mouthful of dust

Guitar Solo

Breakdown

Time

Time

You cruel and silent river

Time

Time

You merciless giver

Chorus

Where did the days go

Where did the years hide

I was just a boy with fire

Now I'm just a man with pride

Where did the sun go

Why'd the sky turn grey

I spent my whole life chasing

And threw the present away

Outro

Threw the present away

Threw it all away

Away

Away