Watching in silence, I hesitate: It was not in the plans

All of our lives we could only wait: It was out of our hands

And every war where we took the day, it was all in our heads

And though in the dark we dream at night, they were better unsaid

[chorus]

But this is the time and this is the place

And these are the signs that we must embrace

The moment is now, in all history

The time has arrived and this is the one place to be

Yeah, yeah

We placed our years in the hourglass, they were never unearned

And we seemed destined to watch them pass - it was never our turn

[chorus]

But this is the time and this is the place

And these are the signs that we must embrace

The moment is now, in all history

The time has arrived and this is the one place to be

Yeah, yeah

[lead break]

[solo]

[chorus]

This is the time and this is the place

And these are the signs that we must embrace

The moment is now, in all history

The time has arrived and this is the one place to be

Yeah, yeah

[extro]

AND A WIND CAME ACROSS EUROPE

THAT WOULD TWIST AND TURN OUR FATE

FOR AS WELL AS BRINGING FREEDOM

IT HAD LET LOOSE MEN OF HATE

NOW THESE MEN WERE FEW IN NUMBER

AND THE PEOPLE THREW THEM OUT

BUT IN THE MIND OF EACH MAN'S NEIGHBOR

THEY HAD PLANTED SEEDS OF DOUBT