The Showdown

Through a hole in the school's rooftop

We peeked at domes and towers

Mistaking swallows for concrete dreams

We were so much younger

Nothing's better than an open sky

If your eyes are open

It all looks so different now

The carousel's been broken

Why ain't the planets still converging on a song?

I wonder where and when it all went wrong

Be plain with me, are we old enough to be here where we are?

At the showdown, at the showdown

Be plain with me, are we old enough to be here where we are?

At the showdown, at the showdown

As soon as you get to the showdown

There's no more time for questions

And all the things you once had for free

Require a double passion

You lose friends and locks of hair

Until you're almost naked

You feel uneasy in your brand new clothes

Yeah, life's complicated

I've stored my ambitions on a bed of naphthalene

They haven't seemed to fit me since I was sixteen

Be plain with me, are we old enough to be here where we are?

At the showdown, at the showdown

Be plain with me, are we old enough to be here where we are?

At the showdown, at the showdown

Our fathers built a highway to the stars

Gave us the keys to their cars

And left some diesel in the tank

Some of us got some money in a bank

But one day we found it was all a prank

Be plain with me, are we old enough to be here where we are?