Текст песни
The looking-glass behind the bar
Shows someone younger than you are —
Don't be alarmed, don't turn away,
That's just your ghost from yesterday.
He's raising, too, a glass of cheer
To all the years that brought you here.
So clink with him — he knows the way,
He chose this path. You're here today.
So drink, drink to the backward clock,
Drink to the door without a lock,
Drink to the years that twist and turn —
To every candle left to burn!
I've walked through rooms that don't exist,
Through corridors of fog and mist —
But never found a finer thing
Than hearing strangers laugh and sing.
The mirror cracks? Oh, let it break.
Another one forms in its wake.
And every shard reflects a feast —
Tonight the greatest, not the least.
So drink, drink to the backward clock,
Drink to the door without a lock,
Drink to the years that twist and turn —
To every candle left to burn!
Now here's a wish from someone old
Far older than I've ever told
May every mirror that you pass
Show someone happy in the glass.
May time be gentle, strange, and long,
May every silence find a song,
And when the final candle goes —
May someone light another. Cheers. Who knows?
So drink, drink to the backward clock,
Drink to the door without a lock,
Drink to the years that twist and turn —
To every candle… left… to burn.
