what's important about the past Lyrics

So what's in an hour...it's 60 minutes

So what's in minute..it's 60 seconds

So what's in a second..that's really fast

So what's it matter..

Not much if they die in the past

Time is such a waste of time

Look at all I've wasted

Worrying about how much is left and not taking time to live it

I'm so afraid of dying that I do no more living

I think so much of what I want that I do no more giving

I pretend I'll live forever though I know that's not true

So I lie and say tomorrow I'll find time to call you

So what makes it last..I mean forever

What is the past...an ancient river

What is the future...a shadow in the night

What does it matter...we need the past to give us light

We live and die each and every day

And dump our deeds along the path

Stumble forward in the dark as if forever we will last

We have to heed the seeds we've sown

Remember what they sowed

Or else we stumble off a cliff and the future leaves us cold

Alone with the ghosts of our regrets

Of what we could have done

If we had only listened to the past

And not partied in the sun