do you remeber the days gone by, 
or is there no point to even try
back when we didnt have a care in the world
gettin drunk and chasing girls
do you remeber the days gone past
and how we alwasy wanted the good times to last
the time we spent hangin out
was how we learned what life was about
Everything is set for the perfect night
when the music is playin and it sounds just right
it gets inside and it helps you be
all that you want, you are free
those times that we all hoped would last
it seems that theyve gone by so fast
I woke up one day and i was 25
with a helluva hangover and some demented sense of pride
all we had was our dreams, 
thats all we neeeded, to be free 
after the party came and went
I found myself, half bent
i had to stop and look around
and my friends were all i found
All these things i thought were wrong
but these contradictions they make me strong
i know i can be free
and it all came from, inside of me
all we had were our dreams
thats all we needed, to be free."

dont bide your time, cuz it is almost over
i know your down, and ill see you around
and i know it hurts, but your just getting older
i know youll win, youll do it once again
just yesterday, it always seemed like such a dream
were unstoppable, indestructible, nothing happens to our machine
and theres no harm, at least none that we can see
as for you, not so true, you couldnt shoose where his road would lead
what a loss, you just lost all your sleep
and we always thought, this could never happen you see
that its so hard, you gotta get up off your seat
cuz the only way, i gotta say, is to move on through the week."

once there was a boy, who had a vibrant glow
but as it goes, someone took it from him
one day through the rain i heard him meekly moan
"will you wrap your arms around me, as I'm falling?"
remember when we were all so beautiful?
but since then we've lost our glow
they said it hurt their eyes but he would never know
that they were filled with regret as their own, dissipated
he said "I now feel more desperatly alone"
"even though they wrapped their arms around me, as I'd fallen!"."

Fuck it all!, Fuck this world!, Fuck everything that you stand for!
Dont belong!, dont exist!, dont give a shit!, dont ever judge me!"

your hips are swayin, and your eyes are sayin
that you need 2 gamblers, for this game your playin
and i might want you, yeah but i dont need you
and you won sleep in my bed, anymore
it seemed like a dead end, 7 years after seven
to sing for this country, instead of raven or venom
cuz your god was dead then
and hes never been back again
and i dont think about it, anymore
yeah its a gamble, when your fingers burn from the last time
that you flew and bled and the shadows
that you walk around will still be there
when the sun goes down
venus fly trap, twenty years now
and the chance is just as fat
as a union beureaucrat
that the life you wanna live
aint the one your lookin at!
and theres ore risk in a brain cell
than any vegas hotel
and you cant find the pit-boss, anywhere.

crashing head on into the future
it wont even leave a dent
just walk in like you own it
remeber, it aint set in cement

we spoke our minds too clearly
we assumed fundamental rights
were inherent not as pawns but as humyns
i do not require a guage for freedoms of speech
cuz i never asked to be a citizen

or is it always in my mind
or my vivid imagination
creating this monster at my side
hello? hello to whos ever there
can you please give us some more time
or is this the final chapter?
the final chapter of the world

heard your voice through a photograph
i thought it up and brought up the past
once you know you can never go back
ive got to take it on the otherside

paint anumber on my head
work me till im dead
i can belive ive wasted
all these years ive tasted
a million days and nights, all this pain and struggle
for what i ask, all the hate and trouble
opportunity never gonna knock
no more blue collar
all the unions gettin smaller

4 year old at play, shot and killed today
never even had a chance
17 and high, threw away his life
has a gun to feel like hes a man
cant have it any other way
laying in the street, asking for a drink
doesnt have a place to live
pregnant at 13, still can hear the screams
something that she never will forget
im tryin, to open my mind
so you can keep your faith
and ill just walk away
theres no reason for me to stay

its such bullshit, you used to love them you hypocrite
i remeber you and i listening to the bands we liked
only the songsmattered to you
but now your a DJ and preaching that hype
"corprate rock sucks" youknow
college radio enlightens you
its s'pose to serve as a means to expose new bands
without predjudice, but it makes no sense
safe harbour for the underground
til the alternative becomes the popular sound
the bands are good till they make enough cash
to eat food and get a pad
then theyre sold out and their music is cliche
because talents exclusive to bands without pay.
 

you, believe, everything you read
and i dont understand why you do this, do this
soon, everyone will know, and everyone will see
and everyone will hear, o-pen your eyes
we tried so hard, but you dont co-operate
you are a fuck up and you'll never know it
'cuz people belive everything you say
and i dont understand cuz it's bullshit!

i know that youm ight never understand the way i feel
i made a promise to myself that i would neverlet it show
so let me take a goodlook at youperfect life
so i know just exactly how i dont want mine
everyday i see the same 4 walls that keep me here
i want to change the things that hurt
i want to end this constant fear

stand by your friends
wrong or right
cant call that justice
when its just a stupid excuse to fight
single out and attack
the ones who got no defence
you call that a new way of thinking?
i call it regression to ignorance!