Used to Matter

See, these days it's different It's all new The world is gone and I am too Wishing I was closer to Back when it used to matter All my coins are gone It's plastic now My iPod's got me asking how Could all my albums take me down Back when it used to matter? Now it seems That we are all wrapped up so tight Light just can't get in And I feel that we can't see Now it seems That we are all wrapped up so tight Light just can't get in And I feel, it's not maybe So, my watch is worthless, so is my pen And it seems nothing is greater than Something that takes me way back when Back when it used to matter All the words I write are on a screen And the friends I have, have added me And there's no record of anything And now we all cease to matter Now it seems That we are all wrapped up so tight Light just can't get in And I feel we can't see, no, no Now it seems That we are all wrapped up so tight Light just can't get in And I feel, it's not maybe It's not maybe, you see So you die when you turn 22 But they're gonna wait to bury you 'Cause you got a 9 to 5 to do And that's supposed to matter And you replace your time in between With other people's hopes and dreams And they live their lives on your T.V. And now you don't even matter Oh, it seems That we are all wrapped up so tight Life just never gets in And I feel that we can't see That we can't see Oh, that we, oh, that we Are all wrapped up so tight Life just never gets in And I feel, that we can't see It's not maybe, it's certainly And I know we can't see I just want us to be Who we're supposed to be Who we're supposed to be Who we are And doesn't it seem like we're kinda far? From the original plan from the start Back when it used to matter