You only miss it when it's long gone
 You only hear it when it's our song
 These are the echoes of the dream time
 This is a message from another life
 This is a haunting of your own mind
 These are the echoes of the dream time
 
 You only miss it when it's long gone
 
 I've been waking the dead
 I've been leaning on tradition
 Trying to make amends with the dead
 Prayer candles that I burn at both ends
 
 Missed opportunities we won't share again
 I recognized in the touch of a friend
 That I am closer to the place I began
 And so far from where I want it to end
 
 You only miss it when it's long gone
 You only hear it when it's our song
 Keep looking up 'cause it's a long way down
 Keep looking up 'cause it's a long way down
 
 And now I'm walking with the dead
 An apparition trying to get ahead
 Bleed some pressure from this hole in my heavy head
 And there was high water everywhere
 Back teeth are swimming and I wished I cared
 My teeth are swimming and I wish that I cared
 
 You only miss it when it's long gone
 You only hear it when it's our song
 Keep looking up 'cause it's a long way down
 Keep looking up 'cause it's a long way down
 
 And I feel like making a confession
 Or running for the door
 If we could heal a little bit of this broken pride
 We might survive
 
 These are the echoes of the dream time
 This is a message from another life
 This is a haunting of your own mind
 These are the echoes of the dream time