IntroVerse 1On The River By The Trestle, Where The Kids All Came To PlayYou Watched The End Of Innocence Slipping AwayAnd Laid Down In The Dying Grass And Did What People DoBut It Meant A Little Less Than You Expected It ToVerse 2On A Bed Of Summer Kisses, You Watched Reruns On TvCarrie And Her Friends All Having Sex In NycYou Were Losing Your Religion, A Reflection Of The ScreenA College Education, Scene By SceneAnd Upstairs In The Living Room Was Music Playing LowSomething Called "For Emma, Forever Ago"And It Sounded So Familiar, Though You Didn't Know The TuneIt Felt Like It Was Written Just For You, YeahVerse 3Now Your Father's At The Table And He's Telling You To LeaveAnd It Won't Be Too Much Longer 'Cause You Both Have The DiseaseThere's Something In The Water, There's Poison In The WellThere Are Secrets In The Emptiness That Time Will Only TellAnd You Thought It Would Be Different But It's Pretty Much The SameCall It What You Want, A Rose By Any Other NameIt's Just A Color With No Context, A Crime Without A ClueA Chem Trail Disappearing Out Into The BlueVerse 4Now The Days All Run Together Like Ink Out Of A PenAnd It's Harder To Remember How It Felt Back ThenWhen Everything Was Everything And Nothing Was EnoughYou Didn't Know It Was A Game, So You Never Tried To BluffWhen Someone Said "I Love You" You Took It To The FaceDamned The Consequences With An Idiot FaithAnd Praying That The Means Would Justify The EndsAnd We Would Be As We'd Always BeenBut Nothing Was The Same Again
