Let no chance slip away to show your love For humans exit through a one way door When they go their stories go with them And change to whispered overtones And as we rush and stumble toward our future We fall headlong into the past In the end it all begins again Generations spin through the centuries A double helix and a slow refrain Spiral strands combine and dance away We turn around to see ourselves And as we rush and stumble toward our future We fall headlong into the past In the end it all begins again