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Today came just as it was expected;
no need to act surprised;
it’s the same choices for the rest of your life.
They say swim or sink
but neither's gonna kill you.
And it’s about goddamn time you felt alive.
It’s about goddamn time you picked your fights.
It’s about goddamn time.
Well done for today,
wrapped yourself in chicken wire.
It’s see through we know you cannot lie.
You cannot hide;
your chicken soup is ruined by now.
Feeling empty and numb,
your fear is the rifle
against a whole artillery of desire.
But come out of your trenches,
there ain’t no bullets flying your way.
And it’s about goddamn time you felt alive.
And it’s about goddamn time you picked your fights.
And it’s about goddamn time you felt alive.
And it’s about goddamn time you kept your vows.
On the dismal horizon of your thoughts
you’re the flag bearer, you’re the boss,
but you’re defenceless to your endless ease.
We know you’re the one we need,
but you’re just old in revolt.
And it’s about goddamn time you felt alive.
Yes, it’s about goddamn time you picked your fights.
And it’s about goddamn time you felt alive.
And it’s about goddamn time you kept your vows.
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I’m above the limits
Of each and every world
But all these lines
Seem to be so blurred
I know that I should stand straight
And that I’ll have to fight
Dad, won’t you bring your boy back home tonight?
Even a little man
Can be great in a little one’s eyes
This must be the place
Where there’s no need for disguise
Can I still ask you
When there’s no one else on sight
Dad, won’t you bring your boy back home tonight?
I see the difference
Between good and bad
Well you know father
Words of truth were said
You’re dealing with the weight
Of being my first and only knight
Dad, won’t you bring your boy back home tonight?
Some of my dreams
You love them as if they were yours
You wouldn’t be mistaken
If you’d bet on their source
Will you lend your hand
When I’m afraid of heights?
Dad, won’t you bring your boy back home tonight?
A day will come when
I’ll guard a little one’s night
I’ll be the king with my queen
And our prince on our side
And then I will ask you
If you wanted the last bite
Dad, won’t you bring your boy back home tonight?
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My great grandfather died ice skating the lake.
They told me that he turned 96 that day,
he whould’ve told me not to bend, nor to go astray
and not to mind the bastards as they are here to stay.
The old man spent his life on thin ice,
collecting thorn bushes and two wives the same time,
he was the hero of the nation and than a corpse with a smile,
he never minds the bastards though they stay for a while.
I never said it’d be easy,
and I never said it’d be fine,
I’d never live off eating
a fisherman’s meal for a dime.
He cooked the best fish soups on the lake where he lived,
never shrugged his shoulders from the liquors he distilled,
he held a record both in marriage and in divorce,
though he never have settled with the one he loved the most.
He got himself in trouble as often as it got,
they stomped his head and it turned hard as a rock,
he fed both of his families,
he was a man turned into a wild beast.
I never said it’d be easy,
and i never said it’d be fine,
i’d never live off eating
a fisherman’s meal for a dime.
My great grandfather died ice skating the lake.
They told me that he turned 96 that day.
He whould’ve told me not to bend, nor to go astray
and not to mind the bastards as they are here to stay.
He got himself shot in both world wars,
he grew up being pissed up at all Habsbourgs,
still he had a heart, still he had a hand,
he did not even lose it when they put him in the sand.
I never said it’d be easy,
and i never said it’d be fine,
i’d never live off eating
a fisherman’s meal for a dime.
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