Look in the glass at the universal ice Through it i pass at the speed of light I walk the decades ten at a step Or make the moment freeze in my grip I breathe the centuries i bend your destinies I bind reality i am galactic energy I sing the song of saturn's rings I tightwalk on cosmic strings I wrote the music venus sings I handed mercury his wings I am the reason seasons turn And why the lakes in hell still burn I am forever... i am the minute man I build the empires i appoint the lords I set the standards i swing the swords I paint the shadows behind the doors I chose the heroes i pay the whores I bare within my mind treasures you'll never find I govern space and time I watch the world through ancient eyes I sing the song of saturn's rings I tightwalk on cosmic strings I wrote the music venus signs I handed mercury his wings And i'm the reason seasons turn And why the lakes in hell still burns I am forever... i am the minute man