“Can you deny
There's nothing greater
Nothing more
Than the traveling hands of time?”
He’s explaining that he doesn’t have power over time he can’t go back and time marches on, it waits for no one.
“St. Genevieve can hold back the water
Saints don't bother
With the tear-stained eye.”
The town St. Genevieve built dams and levees to hold back the water after it’s flood - but nothing can help him, he cries and nothing can “hold back the water” the “Saints don’t bother” to give him peace.
A song about lost love, lost youth, and cruel truth about time.
“Can you deny There's nothing greater Nothing more Than the traveling hands of time?”
He’s explaining that he doesn’t have power over time he can’t go back and time marches on, it waits for no one.
“St. Genevieve can hold back the water Saints don't bother With the tear-stained eye.”
The town St. Genevieve built dams and levees to hold back the water after it’s flood - but nothing can help him, he cries and nothing can “hold back the water” the “Saints don’t bother” to give him peace.
A song about lost love, lost youth, and cruel truth about time.
100% Mr. Farrar.
[Edit: Updated]