I was looking for permission

To become what I am

Like I was sent here on a mission

To make you give a damn

Now I know what I ain’t looking for

It's when and where to be ignored

Ever after and before

I’d slip into a pattern

But for who?

Cause I know exactly

What it’s gonna take to free my mind

Now I’ve had enough to play

And now I’m thinking it’s time

I’m thinking it’s time

Time, time to be alone

Time, time to be full grown

You used to say that

All the best storytellers were liars

I'd linger on your every word

Like they were pale blue eyes

Now when the big one hits

I’m still too dumb to even realize

That the joke you said

You had just wrote

I’d heard a hundred times

Before, before, before

Again and again

So it won’t be me to volunteer

But someone really ought to do something

Before it’s time

Before it’s time

It's time, time to be alone

And it’s time, time to leave home

We used to shout and ball our fists

And shake our wallets at G-d

We swallowed lots and tasted little

And exposed you as a fraud

Now when the hard rain is falling

Sideways down the locker hall

A hero child rushes the black hole

Coming for us all

It’s tragic and true

And commonplace as alcohol

We sold those kids out

And called it inevitable

And I know you know

I know you know that it’s true

And I know, I know, I know

You don’t know what to do

You don't know what to do

Yeah, but you do

Know what to do

And it’s time

For something entirely new