Oh, precious life   How you loved to lie to me   So recklessly fragile   So beyond my power to see      And yet so demanding   By making me believe   That I am standing   In the way of my own reprieve      That all our days are numbered   No matter the amount   Well, there's a first and then at last   There is finally the fact   That the numerals just don't count      And all our time is borrowed   No deposit, no return   And no promise of tomorrow or the next day   What was lent you can never earn      If I took care of you   And loved you all your days   I'd still have to let you go   ?Cause nothing ever stays      You taught me to stand   And then you left the job to me   Now as a man   I'm finally forced to see      That all our days are numbered   No matter the amount   Well, there's a first and then at last   There is finally the fact   That the numerals just don't count      And all our time is borrowed   No deposit, no return   And no promise of tomorrow or the next day   What was lent you can never earn      What was lent you can never earn   What was lent you can never earn   What was lent you can never earn