Young and free, something you'll never be 

A childhood's end, it's lunacy 

Pure dictation, they don't listen 

And you're just waiting for what you're missing 



Welcome to your nightmare 

You just can't walk away 

It's time for you, to choose, your fate 

You just can't let it lay 

Welcome to your nightmare 

Your whole life's on the way 

Today 



You're no good, misunderstood, A.I.R. 

All their hopes and visions of what they want you to be 

Crucial times, made up minds, A.I.R. 

So high and mighty, though much too blind too see 



Who are you gonna live your life for? 

Conformity will trap you like a locked door 

Independence means owning your decision's 

Authority will put your soul in prison 



Welcome to your nightmare 

You just can't walk away 

It's time for you, to choose, your fate 

You just can't let it lay 

Welcome to your nightmare 

Your whole life's on the way 

Today 



You're no good, misunderstood, A.I.R. 

All their hopes and visions of what they want you to be 

Crucial times, made up minds, A.I.R. 

So high and mighty, though much too blind too see 



Fight, go insane, there's no one else to blame 

Stop, their influence, you can't give them a chance 

Break, right through the wall, that separates us all 

Start, your second life, without their hands in sight 



You got your pride you got your visions 

Don't subside, don't ever give in 

Don't compromise just keep on grinning 

The games they play you just keep on winning 

Keep on winning 

Keep on winning 

Keep on winning 

A.I.R. 



It's difficult for me to get a grip on what you mean When you stick your fingers in your ear and create another scene You always step into the traps set perfect in your path Busy going crazy over whose knife's in your back Dive inside your blackest stare The one that's saving do you date Screaming that you're scared You the tallest soul With the shortest self-esteem Painted as the victim Who's split between the bearns It doesn't seem to matter It's nothing Dead a dream is dying It's nothing Best friend I never had Play me to the point of pushing me too far away I can only say whatever, ambivalent to your game You can pretend to the mirror, it's the lie you tell yourself And I won't walk on eggshells that's a dance for someone else