Car Lights flash my eyes

Blinded, Hypnotized

Lord knows I'm living

and I'm never coming back

Now one generation dies

Next one wins the prize

and that's the big surprise

There's demise in all of their lies

It's never to late to realize



That's just the way things are

That's just the way it is now [x2]



I walk through the cemetery

It's all empty

Now I put a rose

on the grave of a fallen hero

And I look out into the wild

All I see is emptiness

So much loneliness

I just want forgiveness



That's just the way things are

That's just the way it is now [x2]



When dreams fade away

It won't be long

End up singing the same old song

What went right, What Went Wrong

Bad times here, Good times gone

First rule they always sell

Second rule never tell

Third rule straight to hell

White collar criminals

Living in jail

It's all that they gave

Sold your soul to get paid

Buy you end up in an early grave

Your own neck you can't save

It's a letter that you can't send

It's a wound that will never mend

Pain level peaks at ten

Some stand out Some stand in



That's just the way things are

That's just the way it is now [x2]