Well it's late in the hour and a few more grains of sand will fall   On the colorful flowers grown upon the dust and moss   Now I feel the worst is near   I hold them close and count their years   And pray a ray of light appears   To shine down on us here      Breakdown in the shape of things to come   But I move along like a soldier   And I say now when all is said and done   It's not ours to break, the shape of things to come      There's a crack in the clouds, but only for a moment now   Like an owl looking out, the blue sky spies the roads we will go down   I wonder what they hold for us, I hold my family to my breast   I feel the worst and hope the best will come to see us blessed      Breakdown in the shape of things to come   But I move along like a soldier   And I say now when all is said and done   It's not ours to break, the shape of things to come   Hey! Hey!      Give me one more try in what I'll change   I won't deny the thought is strange   I've done my best and now we'll lay the blame on myself      Breakdown in the shape of things to come   But I move along like a soldier   And I say now when all is said and done   It's not ours to break, the shape of things to come   The shape of things to come   The shape of things to come