[Verse 1]

I see the future and no it's not pretty

Buildings turn to rubble in a flash of light

The flesh decays and soon the city's nothing

Just howls from the past; those who passed on

To the next ones, science keeps us

Waitin' for the answer

In the year of 2019 there's civil unrest

Where gangs patrol the streets and the students resist

Where the government's torn to pieces

In the wake of the third world war and martial law

Controls the people once more

Where the press is muscle so we never know the truth

Where the black ops military experiments

Sit beneath the city; cryogenically frozen

He had a name but now he's just collections

Of memories and test patterns

And we crawl the sewers hoping and wishing

Waiting and praying that there's an answer

And we load our guns killing and we fight for territory

That's the life that we know

When you live in neo-tokyo it's about to explode

[Chorus] X 16

It's about to explode

It's about to explode

[Verse 2]

All I wanted was the open road

A place to drink and friends who kept me honest

Whoever; who would've been thinking

That we'd live through armageddon twice

But you only die once; I'm a send him

I got his bike back to meet him

Rest in peace

Cause they told me I was a punk

Who roamed the streets

Just a no good gangster and I admit I made mistakes

So I'ma fight until my last breath leaves

I'll do it for him

Cause he's my friend, I still gotta try and save him

Yes, Tetsuo, think back on your memories

Tetsuo, think of Neo-tokyo

Tetsuo, think of all the good times and your memories

Tetsuo, lean into the curbs like it's suicide

Tetsuo

In a dying city we can find a reason to live

We can find love, we can find friendship

We can find the universe, Tetsuo

This is the end and the beginning

Tetsuo is that you? Tetsuo

And they whisper "Akira" beneath their breaths

And I don't understand why they say it (Akira)

And they whisper "Akira" beneath their breaths

And I don't understand (Akira)

[Chorus] X 16

It's about to explode