Strike Out Against the Tide

All the power and the passion and the glory and the grace Where has it all gone? All the dreams worn down to sad and lonely fantasies What would you do if you ever ever ever could find it all again? You don't know so you go with the flow that sucks you Right down the drain Oo-oo-oo-huoo All these lives so bright packed in too tight and Choked down by weeds Such a desperate world where it's just all Beat 'em or join 'em Is this kinda decay really truly ok or do you Want to break free? It's a long hard fight till you start to get it right And you know it's gonna to be Swimming against the tide Leaping against the chains Playing against the game It's gonna be tempting to Turn back round again Pushing on through the pain Pushing the fear aside With nowhere left to hide Nothing will be the same again Nothing will ever be the same O-huwa-ooowa-huwao If you swim against it strong enough It could turn around Don't have to let it drag you down Suck you down till you drown I know it looks hard, too hard to do But not impossible You know it's only logical To live what you believe You can achieve the improbable, unstoppable, invincible Defying the conventional Original (Strike out) You are holding the umbilical of all that's ever been And will be (Strike out) So Strike out against the tide Leap out into the void Believe it until its true Live it until it comes to you You won't need a place to hide Cos you can find your way back home again Strike out against the tide Leap out into the void Believe it until it's true Live it until it comes to you Ooo- oh-ah-oh How can you call it living life When it's more like doing time? Not to live while you're alive Is the ultimate and only crime It's so close now you can taste it, taste it Not let gonna let you waste it While you could spin it free Let it be, let it be Take the leap along with me Time to get started on building and living a real life And forever be done with this just doing time, it's so Close now you can taste it, taste it You gonna be amazed by it Once we set it free Let it be, let it be, so be it and let it be Strike out against the tide Break out beyond the chains You won't need a place to hide Cos you can find your way back home again Strike out against the tide Leap out into the void Believe it until it's true