[Verse 1]

Hey, tired man, I see you walk alone

The wrinkles on your face, a map of all your pain

Your expression becomes an open book of time

Filled with pages of forgotten hopes

Good intentions, regret, disillusion with life

Animosity, unbridled purity

All these things that I swear I see

And your eyes tell me all you could never be

(Ah)

[Verse 2]

So many times I've stared into the eyes

Of the young, the old

The lonely and the wise

To find a glimpse of all I have not seen

To find some peace for my jaded mind

Don't wanna live my life by the second hand

Of a clock that's long since passed me by

(You say I've got to stay in line)

Well, your line is going nowhere

And so are you

[Chorus]

Choices, decisions made

Smokin' away the pain inside

Sit back and watch it all go by

We could never find the peace of mind we need

We hid it all away for another day

Sit back, everything's gonna be alright

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Rivers of pain map your aging skin

Your expression, a journal of where you've been

All your dreams and your chances lost

You walk along that dotted line

Go!

[Outro]

Do you remember a time when you used to dream?

Do you remember a time when you used to live?

All your dreams and chances, they're all gone

So you gave it all away

Unable to say all you wanted to say

Look at you now, turned out to be

The face of misery

Look at you now

A rotting apple's all I see