I've seen many things, oh, things you'd never dream In the vastness where the stars begin to gleam Attack ships ablaze, off Orion's mighty shoulder Bright as magnesium, burning ever bolder I rode the decks of a blinker through the storm Watched C-beams dance, in the dark so warm Near Tannhäuser Gate, where the shadows play Glittering secrets, slipping fade away All those moments, like tears in rain Washed away in the pouring pain Memories fading, into the night Lost forever, out of sight Ooh A long life Full of strife All my synthetic disappointments Reality, this succession of events But who can blame me For clinging to time to be? (All those moments) like tears in rain (Echoes of wonder) gone in vain (Little people) you wouldn't believe The worlds I've known, the lives I leave Now the rain falls soft upon my face Erasing the traces of time and space I've chased the horizons, fought through the fire But the end draws near, my soul's desire Ooh-ooh All those moments, they will vanish like tears in rain When the dawn breaks In the solitude of the beyond, no one will cry It is time to die It is time to die