Hozier - Changes Lyrics

Lyrics From Live Performance

[Intro]
Oh yeah
Mmm-yeah

[Verse 1]
Still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test

[Chorus]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes)
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes)
Ch-ch-changes, just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time

[Post-Chorus]
Oh yeah
[Verse 2]
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream of warm impermanence and
Though the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through

[Chorus]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes)
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes)
Where's your shame?
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time

[Bridge]
Strange fascination, fascinating me
Ah, changes are taking the pace I'm going through

[Chorus]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes)
Look out you rock 'n' rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes)
Soon now you're gonna get older
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
[Outro]
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time