Free for all so choose your places well

But you won't believe all the things we're telling you

End it all before the curtain falls

Because all time will tell

Is that everything is a lie



I lost the fight but won the war

And no one really knows what it is we're fighting for

You lost the fight but won the war

And no one really knows what it is we're fighting for



But if you think that it's cold when you're swimming in the ocean

It's hard to believe you're a Nova Scotian boy

Have you considered the cost of abusing your devotion

And if we get lost we can find out

Where it was we used to be when time stood still for you



You or I could tell a story well

But attention fell before the lights came on again

Without the sense of hearing

My thoughts are disappearing

And all time will tell

Is that anyone can decide



I lost the fight but won the war

And no one really knows what it is we're fighting for anyway

You lost the fight but won the war

And no one really knows what it is we're fighting for



But if you think that it's cold when you're swimming in the ocean

It's hard to believe you're a Nova Scotian boy

Have you considered the cost of abusing your devotion

And if we get lost we can find out

Where it was we used to be

We're following signs to the sea

So take your time

If you're leaving before me

And say good bye

Say bye-bye