The Aviator

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Desperation sits just like a friend upon the floor
My pictures are all torn around my feet
Mr. Madness points his eyes, a finger from his chair
And an angry crowd is gath'ring in the street

[Chorus]
To take my time away
To take my time away

[Verse 2]
If I'm the man they say I am then why'm I still here?
My portrait seems to make me look quite sane
There's no hair inside my helm, there're no scars upon my face
But the crowd is knocking on the door again

[Chorus]
To take my time away
To take my time away

[Verse 3]
And the music is so loud that I've lost all sense of time
A phone rings but no-one makes a sound
The storm's a'falling on the roof and smashing all the tiles
And the banners are a'waltzing round-n-round

[Chorus]
To take my time away
To take my time away

[Verse 4]
In all of my life, you know, I've done no man no wrong
And yet to some that is the only mortal sin
And so I stand accused of the crime of being poor
While my thoughts are all confused by the din

[Chorus]
The din that takes my time away
It takes my time away

[Verse 5]
I light a cigarette just to try and slow my thoughts
My throat is awful dry, but I can't drink
There's a clamoring within now, and a clamoring without
So much going on I just can't think

[Chorus]
And take my time away
And take my time away

[Verse 6]
And meanwhile in the woods: What are they doing to the trees?
Why must they make them spark and let them burn?
It takes such a long long time for trees like that to grow
Some people just never ever learn

[Chorus]
And yet they take my time away
You know, they take my time away

[Verse 7]
There'll be nothing left if this madness runs its course
Except the gleaming buildings to the sky
With solitude unknown and every friendly word
With the sound of feet as the old world shuffles by

[Chorus]
Taking my time away
Taking my time away

[Verse 8]
No concessions to my past, no, there's none that I can make
If I had my time I'd do it all again
I'd just make a few adjustments to the way I treated you
And let myself be washed by the rain

[Chorus]
The rain that takes my time away
The rain that takes my time away

[Verse 1 Reprise]
And desperation sits just like an old friend on the floor
My pictures are all torn around my feet
Mr. Madness points his eyes, his fingers from his chair
And an angry crowd is gathering in the street

[Chorus]
To take my time away
To take my time away
To take my time away
To take my time away