Tears in rain

I've seen many things, oh, things you'd never dream
In the vastness where the stars begin to gleam
Attack ships ablaze, off Orion's mighty shoulder
Bright as magnesium, burning ever bolder

I rode the decks of a blinker through the storm
Watched C-beams dance, in the dark so warm
Near Tannhäuser Gate, where the shadows play
Glittering secrets, slipping fade away

All those moments, like tears in rain
Washed away in the pouring pain
Memories fading, into the night
Lost forever, out of sight

Ooh

A long life
Full of strife
All my synthetic disappointments
Reality, this succession of events
But who can blame me
For clinging to time to be?

(All those moments) like tears in rain
(Echoes of wonder) gone in vain
(Little people) you wouldn't believe
The worlds I've known, the lives I leave

Now the rain falls soft upon my face
Erasing the traces of time and space
I've chased the horizons, fought through the fire
But the end draws near, my soul's desire

Ooh-ooh

All those moments, they will vanish like tears in rain
When the dawn breaks
In the solitude of the beyond, no one will cry

It is time to die
It is time to die