Higher in Time Lyrics

The mountain is steep, the ditches are deep
The task in hand is making us weep
But here's a promise I intend to keep
Seed it in your mind
And say it each night before you sleep
We will climb
Higher in time

You've got a head full of trouble and a ship to build
You believe you won't make it but you know you will
You feel you need your cup refilled
Well, fill it out of mine
We'll drop the defences, pool our skill
And we will climb
Higher in time

I've been to the bottom and I've been on the train
I've slept in the gutter with my head in a drain
I've been brutally proud, I've been mortally shamed
But this is not a crime
I'm just learning my friends that it's all in the game
And we will climb
Higher in time

London September 1985

On "The Whole Of The Moon"