Blame it on the sickness going 'round
The pictures of a life in flames
Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt
With your world burning bright
Is burning like an ember in your heart
Time running out time running out
Time running out time running out
Blame it on the ones who slowed you down
And the search you half remember
Tell them that it's someone you need worse than
Black and white
Black and white
The picture of a life remains
Tell them that you've gone to find a person
Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt
Time running out time running out
You were fast, you were bright
For the fool still asking what his life is about
The picture of a life remains
Then you were gone in the light
Time running out time running out
Black and white
Time running out time running out
Setting out on at the start
Like a moth 'round a light
Blame it on the time it took to leave here
Tired of the fashions and the dances
Time running out time running out
Going round and round in the night
Someone you lost track of long ago
With your heart out of sight
Blame it on the kind of friends you knew here
You once dressed the future in
Are dancing in the embers with the wind
And you knew you were right
Tired of the people standing around
The pictures of a life in flames
Ticking like a bomb in the night
Black and white
For the fool still asking what his life is about
Anybody else you'll ever know
Black and white
Ticking like a bomb in the night
Time running out time running out
And the high ideals and the promise
You were strong, you were light
