Born In The Eighties

Grew up in the 90's, least that's what I tried

Looking for ways to be satisfied

Went to San Diego to try out my luck

Came back twelve months later, again I was stuck

Felt like a goldfish

Stuck in a bowl

Was waitin' for something

That I could control

After 2000, no longer a kid

The world didn't end, but something else did

When my father takes off I'm already nineteen

He wasn't as happy as I though he seemed

If this is my screenplay

I don't like my role

These are the things

That you just can't control

Though I feel a lot older, I'm just twenty-three

If you're looking for answers don't come to me

Instead of a future I've got a guitar

But dreamin' out loud won't get me far

Still I feel I'm ready

For rock n' roll

'Cause there might be something

That I can control

By the time I hit 30 I'll have enough

Of being a twenty-something in love

My friends will all be married

Or they will be gone

I will still be wonderin' what's goin' on

If that's what it takes

Then I'll sell my soul

As long as there's something

That I can control

One day I'll wake up and I'll be thirty-eight

Doin' the things that I used to hate

The trick to forget the bigger picture is when

You look at everything in closeup

As often as you can

Yeah, our revolution

Is covered in mold

'Cause there's only so much

That you can control

And this is no anthem

'Cause anthems are proud

Pride isn't something that this is about

Shouldn't care, shouldn't care, but I do

And that's sometimes too hard to bear

Still walkin' the same roads

My shoes full of holes

Waitin' for something

That we can control

If I ever reach fifty or sixty-five

Too early to tell if I'll still be alive

We were born in the 80's

And now we are here

My generation's dream will disappear

I'm at a graveyard passin' the rows

A silent surrender, we'll never get close

Yeah, this is my story, you swallowed it whole

About us feelin' the need to be in control