Short-lived is treasured youth – like a dream Short-lived is treasured youth Begin the woeful and ugly old age Flying above our heads the ascendant scares Short-lived is treasured youth – like a dream Short-lived is treasured youth Muddling our minds and striking our eyes As time goes by decaying our lives Short-lived is treasured youth – like a dream Short-lived is treasured youth Like a dream, we behold the shadows of our past So distant... a dream that will no longer last