Meanwhile back in the year one   When you belonged to no one   You didn't stand a chance son   If your pants were undone      'Cause you were bred for humanity and sold to society   One day you'll wake up in the present day   A million generations removed from expectations   Of being who you really want to be      Skating away, skating away, skating away   On the thin ice of the new day, ay      So as you push off from the shore, won't you turn your head once more   And make your peace with everyone   For those who choose to stay, will live just one more day   To do the things they should have done      And as you cross the wilderness a spinning in your emptiness   You feel you have to pray   Looking for a sign that the universal minds   Has written you into the passion play      Skating away, skating away, skating away   On the thin ice of the new day, ay      And as you cross the circle line, well, the ice wall creaks behind   You're a rabbit on the run   And the silver splinters fly, in the corner of your eye   Shining in the setting sun      Well, do you ever get the feeling, that the story's too damn real   And in the present tense   Or that everybody's on the stage and it seems like you're the only   Person sitting in the audience      Skating away, skating away, skating away   On the thin ice of the new day, ay   Skating away, skating away, skating away