Songtext
There's a crumbling statue
Next to heaven's gate
And it's covered in scratches
That the weather made
Has an old engraving
Though it's growing fade
And it says things always change (change)
And you felt it mostly
In your melted youth
When you held him closely
And you held him through
But you grew complacent
Like you knew he'd stay
Now you know things always change (change)
You're performing favors
You're in foreign trade
Your important papers
In the pouring rain
And the ink's all bleeding
And it can't be saved
But you know things always change (change)
In the radiation
In the radio waves
In the drainage basin
Full of ancient rain
In the publications
In the painted caves
It is plainly stated
Written plain as day
That we know things always change (change)
Though your faith is fading
You're remaining chaste
There's a trace of anger
In your savior's face
And the sons of Jacob
Wrote an old refrain
Hear the angels play it
When you misbehave
But the arrangements always change (change)
By the light of nothing
Writing lines of code
You're dividing constants
Tryin' to find unknowns
There's an endless number
Filling every page
And it proves things always change (change)