Oh, back in 1989, you must have been there at the time

To feel the weightlessness of old

Failing history in class, you could smile at that, I guessIf you think it happened

Some still have a piece of wall, or aimed too high before the fall

Others simply failed to show

′Cause it was 1989, if it was any other time

I'd know

Touch my skin

Where you been?

Say I′m in

It feels like it is just a simple halo

I know it should take a little less to find a little rest

From the moon and from the tide

But back in 1989, I fought the battles that were mine

I think they happened

'Cause I was first and I was last to read too much into the past

Through ashes and through embers

Was it now in the snow or early spring, did I break a thumb or another limb?

I don't remember

Touch my skin

Where you been?

Say I′m in

It feels like it is just a simple halo

We′d go to where the sailors go

Salute the unmoored

We'd be the ones who say goodbye

That′s what we're here for

All the azaleas in their prime, an imaginary shrine

They are frozen in their bloom

′Cause back in 1989 is when I learned to look behind

Like nothing happened

You know it always comes too soon, not even halfway to the moon

You burn excuses on your lips

Yeah, it was such a marble time, the year of 1989

You know, the time that I can't put behind

Let it spin

Lose or win (the time that I can′t leave behind

Next of kin

It feels like this is just a simple halo

We'd go to where you want to go

And hurry no morre

We'd be the ones who say goodbye

That′s what we′re here for