All of the good times—our high lives and night life—are bolted down, tight, to the past

We try to relive it, but only in increments, with every sip from this glass

We’re living the dream in cobwebs and seeds

Lines from all the shitty novels we read

Content to build castles of sand and call ourselves royalty

I don’t want what was promised

I want the belief

That it’s waiting for us

All we need do is reach

They told us to look to the skies and to aim for the fences

Now, we’re all just waiting in lines that never will finish

They sold us beautiful lies

They told us we were all princesses and princes

Now, we’re left here with meaningless words and a pause in midsentence

We learned how to be from toys and TV

We’re worth a hell of a lot more unhappy

Our heroes were strong, the villains all wrong, and the women always needed saving

Now all of the glass is broken

And all of my hair’s in my hands

And all of my hope has been stolen

And I question the worth of a man

They told us to look to the skies and to aim for the fences

Now, we’re all just waiting in lines that never will finish

They sold us beautiful lies

They told us we were all princesses and princes

Now, we’re left here with meaningless words and a pause in midsentence

Here’s to the real friends, the ones that I haven’t seen in weeks

Life flew right out of our hands

We burned down the forest but could not find a tree

We fell for the trick we thought we would get

We held to the pledge and watched the prestige

And we found ourselves sawed in half to an audience clapping

They told us to look to the skies and to aim for the fences

Now, we’re all just waiting in lines and hoping to end this

They sold us beautiful lies

They told us we were all princesses and princes

Now, we’re left here with meaningless words and a pause in midsentence