what prospects open now

those who walk backward see only the past
the future's hidden from their steady eyes
all that will happen's just one more surprise

the thing that happens happens very fast
we cover it with a blanket of lies
those who walk backward see only the past

we don't expect that anything will last
what is to be is no more than surmise
and what to do that no one could advise
those who walk backward see only the past