Young and free, something you'll never be   A childhood's end, it's lunacy   Pure dictation, they don't listen   And you're just waiting for what you're missing      Welcome to your nightmare   you just can't walk away   It's time for you, to choose, your fate   You just can't let it lay   Welcome to your nightmare   Your whole life's on the way,   Today      You're no good, misunderstood, A.I.R.   All their hopes and visions, of what they want you to be   Crucial times, made up minds, A.I.R.   So high and mighty, though much too blind to see      Who are you gonna live your life for?   Conformity will trap you like a locked door   Independence means owning your decisions   Authority will put your soul in prison      Fight, or go insane, there's no one else to blame   Stop, their influence, you can't give them a chance   Break, right through the wall, that separates us all   Start, your second life, without their hands in sight      You got your pride, you got your visions   Don't subside, don't ever give in   Don't compromise just keep on grinning   The games they play you just keep on winning   Keep on winning   Keep on winning   Keep on winning   A.I.R.