Scared of losin' all the time

He wrote it in a letter

He was a friend of mine

He heard you could see your future

Inside a glass of water

With ripples and the rhymes

He asked 'Will I see heaven in mine?'

Oh that is just the way it was,

and nothing could be better,

and nothing ever was.

And they say you can see your future,

inside a glass of water,

with riddles and the rhymes

but 'will I see heaven in mine?’

Son, don't ask,

Neither how full nor empty is your glass,

Cling to the mast

Spend your whole life living in the past

Going nowhere fast

So he wrote it on a wall

The hollowest of halos

Is no halo at all

and Televisions selling plastic figurines of leaders

Saying nothing at all

And you chime

Stars in heaven align

Son, don't ask,

Neither how full nor empty is your glass,

Cling to the mast

Spend your whole life living in the past

Going nowhere fast

What are we drinking when we’re done …

just glasses of water.