| Intro: |
| A |
| C# | A | |
| I turn my back to the wind | to catch my breath, |
| E | |
| Before I start | off again. |
| B | |
| Driven on without a moment | to spend |
| B | E | A | |
| To | pass an evening with a | drink and a | friend |
| C# | A | |
| I let my skin get too thin, | I'd like to pause. |
| E | |
| No matter what | I pretend |
| Like some pilgrim -- Who learns to transcend -- |
| B | E | A | |
| Learns to live | as if | each step w | as the end |
| chorus |
| "Time stand still -- I'm not looking back |
| But I want to look around me now |
| Time stand still -- |
| See more of the people and the places that surround me now |
| Time stand still" |
| E | A | B | |
| Freeze this | moment a little bit | longer |
| A | F# | E | |
| Make each sen | sation a little bit | stronger |
| B | A | E | |
| Experience | slips aw | ay... |
| B | A | E | |
| Experience | slips aw | ay... Time stand still |
| A |
| I turn my face to the sun, close my eyes. |
| Let my defences down -- all those wounds that I can't get unwound |
| I let my past go too fast, No time to pause -- |
| If I could slow it all down |
| Like some captain, whose ship runs aground -- |
| I can wait until the tide comes around |
| chorus |
| E | A | B | |
| Freeze this | moment a little bit | longer |
| A | F# | E | B | |
| Make each impr | ession a little bit | stronger |
| E | A | B | |
| Freeze this mo | tion a little bit | longer |
| B | A | E | |
| The innocence sl | ips aw | ay... |
| B | A | E | |
| Innocence | slips a | way... Time stand still |
| Time stand still !!! |
| solo |
| Summer's going fast, nights growing colder |
| Children growing up -- old friends growing colder |
| Experience slips away... |