When surfaces wrinkle and tear and I see underlying reality
When I finally think to wonder why
Can I ever own up to the dangling questions that hover in front of me
Can I look for an answer and is it even right to try

You can never catch the wind in the palm of your hand
You can never catch the wind

There was a time I had a dream I held inside
Until I felt it slip away

When it feels like it's further than ever
When it's taken away altogether
Never get it right as long as there's nothing left to lose
Thinking over remembered emotion
Till it seems like a trivial notion
It can be a hell when you live the way you choose

But I looked down from the mountain and I saw the fallen trees
Tried to walk on holy ground but I never felt at ease
You can say the time is wasted, you can say the path is wrong
Say anything you want to when you say it all alone

After all of the trouble we've taken to make up the faces we're living in
And the promise of paradise we have found
It's bitter to swallow but honestly seems like the only solution
Cause all I wanted to do was to burn that city to the ground

You can never catch the wind in the palm of your hand
You can never catch the wind

There was a time I had a million ways to hide
But now I've thrown them on the fire

When the world you created is ending
There's no reason to keep on pretending
Not as good as it was when you thought you knew the way
If believing is better than knowing
Then you can't even tell where you're going
What kind of a life will you lead when you don't know the nighttime from the day

But I looked down from the mountain and I saw the fallen trees
Tried to walk on holy ground but I never felt at ease
You can say the time is wasted, you can say the path is wrong
Say anything you want to when you say it all alone