Lyric discussion by nowadays 

It's actually "The city's drifting out to meet the clouds, How will I know when the time has come? Find a tree with a ladder rung." And the middle verse is really "An afternoon you can't imagine ruined, Playing out a famous dream in your mind, Interwoven hands to infinity, Turn a rock with a hidden key." Then instead of "by your way" it's "I know you're late", and the end is "time has just begun to slow." I got all of these from the album insert.

its "while you're away" not "i know youre late"

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