Born in the eighties
I grew up in the 90's at least that's what I triedlooking for ways to be satisfiedI went to San Diego to try out my luckcame back 12 months later and again I was stuckI felt like a goldfish stuck in a bowlI was waiting for something that I could controlafter 2000 no longer a kidthe world didn't end but something else didwhen my father takes off I'm already 19he wasn't as happy as I thought he seemedif this is my screenplay I don't like my rolethese are the things that you just can't control
although I feel a lot older I'm just 23if you're looking for answers don't come to meinstead of a future I've got a guitarbut dreaming out loud won't get me farstill I feel I'm ready for rock'n rollthere might be something that I can controlby the time I hit 30 I'll have enoughof being a twentysomething in lovemy friends will all be married or they will be goneme, I'll still be wondering what's going onif that's what it takes then I'll sell my soulas long as there's something that I can control
one day I'll wake up and I'll be 38doing the things I used to hatethe trick to forget the bigger picture is whenyou look at everything in close-up as often as you canour revolution is covered in moldthere's only so much you can controlthis is no anthem because anthems are proudand pride isn't something that this is aboutI shouldn't care shouldn't carebut I do and that's sometimes too hard to bearstill walking the same road with my shoes full of holesjust waiting for something that we can control
if I ever reach 50 or 65too early to tell if I'll still be alivewe were born in the 80's and now we are heremy generation's dream will disappearI'm at a graveyard passing the rowsa silent surrender we'll never get close
this is my story you swallowed it wholeabout us feeling the need to be in control