They seemed like innocent words

Maybe I heard them wrong

I never knew what they were

I was singing a different song



This could be what we need right now

Tell me how it feels to be

The living end of your time



The stupid things that they say

About what he's supposed to be

This kid believes what he reads

And he's taking 'em seriously



This could be just what we're looking for

Tell me more about how you became

The living end of your time



And when you look into the bathroom mirror

Can you see an entire generation

Crying through those eyes?



A certain kind of despair

Pompous and terrified

This fish jumped out of the bowl

Flopped around for a while and died



This could mean anything we want it to

I wish I knew just how I might become

The living end of my time



They seemed like innocent words

Maybe I heard them wrong

I never knew what they were

I was singing a different song

This could be just what we're looking for