Woke up from a dream, I'm surrounded by the things
That were loved by a younger me
When your dad stumbles in slurrin' words, spillin' gin on my LEGOs
We sang along
The things we love will take a piece of us away
The things we love will take a piece of us away

It stabbed me and twisted and he said from behind
"I got bone screws in places only TSA finds"
And he tore at his letterman, cursin' the world
That has good things and bad things and good things we held too long

Well, it happens so quickly, the strappin' on years
Like Animal Mother and his twin bandoliers
I'm tryin' to do better, so far behind
Past strapped ammunition, a good man is hard to find

Well, it's time to move on
To walk with my shoulders pulled back and my head held high
When the old wars had ended
The soldiers went home to drink wine and make love
And I'm so tired of tryin'
So tired of fighting
I stared at my hands all the way from the airport
Like Benedict Arnold was livin' inside
Maybe he does
And maybe I am
I wanna go back and just shout through the void to change course
But there's no one there that can hear it
'Cause time is a one-way mirror
Time is a one-way mirror
Time is a one-way mirror
Time is a one-way
Time is a one-way mirror
Time is a one-way
Time is a one-way mirror
Time is a one-way (The things we love will take a piece of us away)
Time is a one-way mirror (The things we love will take a piece of us away)
Time is a one-way (The things we love will take a piece of us away)
Time is a one-way mirror (The things we love will take a piece of us away)
Time is a one-way (The things we love will take a piece of us away)
Time is a one-way mirror (The things we love will take a piece of us away)
Time is a one-way mirror