Scared of losing all the time
He wrote it in a letter
He was a friend of mine
He heard you could see your future
inside a glass of water
the ripples and the lines
and he asked 'will I see Heaven in mine?'

That is just the way it was
Nothing could be better
And nothing ever was
Oh, they say you can see your future
Inside a glass of water
The riddles and the rhymes
Will I see heaven in mine? Oh-oh-oh-oh!

Son, don't ask
neither how full or empty is your glass!
Cling to the mast,
spend your whole life living in the past,
going nowhere fast!

So he wrote it on the wall
The hollowest of halos
Is no halo at all
Television selling plastic figurines of leaders
Sayin' nothing at all
And we chime
Stars in heaven align
Oh-oh-oh-oh!

Son, don't ask
neither how full or empty is your glass!
Cling to the mast,
spend your whole life living in the past,
going nowhere fast!

And what are we drinking when we're done?
Glasses of water.