A boy alone, so far from home  Endless rooftops from my window  I felt the gloom of empty rooms  On rainy afternoons  Sometimes in confusion  I felt so lost and disillusioned  Innocence gave me confidence  To go up against reality    [Chorus:]  All the same we take our chances  Laughed at by time  Tricked by circumstances  Plus ca change  Plus c'est la meme chose  The more that things change  The more they stay the same    Now I've gained some understanding  Of the only world that we see  Things that I once dreamed of  Have become reality  These walls that still surround me  Still contain the same old me  Just one more who's searching for  A world that ought to be    [Chorus]