i've been riding on a strange wave   i've been trying to get back   but you know that it's hard, you know that it's hard   i've been out here for days   all alone, set adrift   with a head full of dreams that all seem to shift to the things i heard in songs on the radios as a kid   why can't i feel the way now as back then when i did?   oh i have tried so hard to make this time different   and i would be a fool to think that the days don't go by quicker now   everyday is the same game of running around in the dark   too busy chasing my shadow to ever leave a mark   and anything i could change of all the things that i said   how many days have gone by now?   walking around being dead   oh i have tried so hard to make this time different   and i would be a fool to think that the days don't go by quicker now   i could spend my life with angels waiting for the world to change   these days i never have to sing   these days i only think about what i should not think about   in spite of everything i've seen   and all these things kill the dream    all these things they killed the dream   and i have tried so hard to make this time different