Someplace They Won't Find You
Chasing Dreams, Fading Lights: Monumental Reflections on Youth
Lyrics
We rode out to the trail
We embarked on a journey to the trail.
Told our parents we'd be back
We informed our parents that we would return.
Hopped a fence at the end
We crossed a fence at the trail's end.
Disappeared in the grass
We vanished into the grass.
Tied a string to a tree
We attached a string to a tree.
Watched it unravel as we advanced
We observed the string unraveling as we moved forward.
Champions of a summer we'd never last
We were champions of a fleeting summer.
We were running
We were once running.
Now we're running out of time
Now, time is running out for us.
We were something
We used to be something significant.
Moved like ghosts in the night
We moved stealthily like ghosts during the night.
Under pretend northern lights
Under imaginary northern lights.
Everything we imagined
Our dreams began materializing.
Started coming to life
We felt alive as everything we imagined came to life.
Felt as tall as the trees
We felt as tall as the trees.
Young explorers in modern times
We were youthful explorers in contemporary times.
Always searching for something we'd never find
Always searching for something unattainable.
The things we dreamed of
The things we dreamed of were beyond comprehension for some.
Some could never fathom
We were on fire; now we're fading away.
We were burning up
We were passionately engaged.
Now we're burning out
Now we're losing our vitality.
I never thought we'd become
I never expected us to become increasingly common.
Increasingly common
We are succumbing to the inevitability of growing up.
Now we're giving in to growing up
We are giving in to the process of aging.
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