Hard times you had before you I knew when I first saw you You girl you've always been mistreated, cheated So leave it all behind you It took so long
Hard times you had before you, I knew when I first saw you You girl, you've always been mistreated, cheated So leave it all behind you, it took so long
I walk the line, look straight ahead A second chance, one slip and it's gone Though the bird has flown The sands of time stand still Scars that never
Another meltdown Another change of state Some other big town Where he can make his break She said, "Oh no, I like it this way" And he said, "Oh no, does
I don't want to see your picture On a faded video I don't want to turn the clock back To the way it used to go Can you give me any reasons Why I made
So early in the morning It's the same now every day Sign your name and number Cutting from the ball and chain Never letting go when The weight was so
Look into the distance, you're living in a cage A fire burns inside you, that fuels all the rage You're thinking of the outside, and dream of the past
Feel my mind, the sleep is ending As we rush into the sea Take my eyes and I will show you The future in the deep You must breathe on You must be strong
Silent wave coming down on me Washing out the lie, living inside me Life's not hard, now I'm on TV This sudden twist of fate I am direct salvation Just
Fight against the tide to cut the hardest stone Fight against the tide the blood begins to flow Hold on, through the storm could take your life Be strong
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As a child, we played the game Fought the war, but felt no pain Arm to arm, we left the skin Then said the words, remember them Oh, never a moments doubt
Dig for victory, go for gold I don't wanna die before I get old And I wonder where I'm going to There's some way out, there's some way through But I'
Who are we? Casting the diamonds in her virgin sea Look into the sinking sand The moments rushing with no end With every time the less there is to see
We are the future within our dome A new generation, we live alone Washed the words from the subway wall We had to fight to survive You still can have
I never meant to be so bad to you One thing I said that I would never do A look from you and I would fall from grace And it would wipe the smile right
Now it's time to put the past behin us I want to see you shining like the sun Always reaching higher keep it all in mind Now we got to take it all the
(Payne/Downes) Kelly stands by the water With a gun in her hand She won't believe in the future In a world made by man There's nowhere to run Nowhere