Every generation, blames the one before
And all of their frustrations, come beating on your door
I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage, to all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years.

Oh, crumpled bits of paper filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations, I'm afraid that's all we've got
You say you just don't see it, he says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement in this present tense
We all talk a different language, talking in defence.

(Say it loud). Say it loud
(Say it clear). Oho, say it clear
(You can listen). As well as you hear
(It's too late). It's too late
(When we die). Oho, when we die
(To admit). We don't see eye to eye.

So we open up the quarrel between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future, it's the bitterness that lasts
So don't yield to the fortunes, you sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective on a different day
And if you don't give up and don't give in you may just be O.K.

To so say it, say it, say it loud (Say it loud)
(Say it clear) Oho, say it clear
(You can listen) As well as you hear
Because it's too late (It's too late), it's too late
(When we die). Oho, when we die
(To admit). We don't see eye to eye.

I wasn't there that morning when my father passed away
I didn't get to tell him, all the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit, later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years.

To so say it, say it, say it loud (Say it loud)
(Say it clear). Come on, say it clear
(You can listen). As well as you hear
(It's too late). It's too late
(When we die). It's too late when we die
(To admit). We don't see eye to eye.

Hey, to so say it, say it, say it loud
Say it loud
(Say it clear) Come on, say it clear
(Say it loud) Don't give up, don't give in
(Say it clear) Don't wait 'till it's too late.