Rain falls down in concentration   I finally come to the realization   That this place I'd once forsaken   Will consume my generation   Countless, endless summers   Opposing everything we've worked for   It was foolishness that made us wish   We could trade it all away   But that was years ago he shrugs   Back when we smiled and tipped our mugs   A time when boys were men   Friends never stood alone   Do you remember when I said   I'd never walk this town again   But you didn't believe me and now   We cross our bridges only when we reach them   We burn them behind us just to see the smoke   We cross, we burn   We cross and we burn   Day after day this is the nothing we've learned   Progress for their promise   Hold my breath, now we're all hostage   Bite your tongue there son you're just no one   Too young to know the beat   And I'm not asking you for much more   Only something I could strive for   If I keep pride outside my head then   In my heart there will be peace   But that was years ago he screams   Back when we still believed our dreams   And now we're left to doubt   Outstanding self owed debts   Do you remember when we said   We'd never end up just like them   Lost and bereaved   We cross our bridges only when we reach them   We burn them behind us just to see the smoke   We cross, we burn   We cross and we burn   Day after day is the nothing we've learned?   Can't we see what we owe to ourselves?