They seemed like innocent words   Maybe I heard them wrong   I never knew what they were   I was singing a different song      This could be what we need right now   Tell me how it feels to be   The living end of your time      The stupid things that they say   About what he's supposed to be   This kid believes what he reads   And he's taking 'em seriously      This could be just what we're looking for   Tell me more about how you became   The living end of your time      And when you look into the bathroom mirror   Can you see an entire generation   Crying through those eyes?      A certain kind of despair   Pompous and terrified   This fish jumped out of the bowl   Flopped around for a while and died      This could mean anything we want it to   I wish I knew just how I might become   The living end of my time      They seemed like innocent words   Maybe I heard them wrong   I never knew what they were   I was singing a different song   This could be just what we're looking for