I sang the songs but I didn't know what they meant

The tape would end, I'd turn over and start again

Those were the days when nobody understood

Try to explain if I actually thought they would

With my teeth clenched and my fist closed

I can feel it deep in my bones

That he's talking to me

No one could ever let me know

That I was going off the rails and so

Beholden to a fanciful ego

That told me what I was to be

An actor at 17

Role model at 21

But a rockstar at 23

That's where I retire

Sat in the dark, if the girls at school only knew

How deep I was and the torment that I'd been through

With my hair styled into curtains

I can feel it course through my veins

That they're looking my way

No one could ever let me know

That I was going off the rails and so

Beholden to a fanciful ego

That told me what I was to be

An actor at 17

Role model at 21

But a rockstar at 23

That's where I retire

What is to become of our darling firstborn son?

Is he going mad up in his room?

The makeup and the hair

The piercings and fur coat he wears when he goes out

Is he gay?

No one could ever let me know

That I was going off the rails and so

Beholden to a fanciful ego

That told me what I was to be

An actor at 17

Role model at 21

But a rockstar at 23

That's where I retire

All betweenagers are held captive

By their own furtive imagination

All betweenagers

That means us and that means them and that means you and

All betweenagers are held captive

By their own furtive imagination

All betweenagers

That means us and that means them and that means you