Timeless Youth

We could wash the past away As the sun sets on the James Up all night, to sleep all day When nothing ever stays the same Remember two short years ago When we first met I looked at you And thought for once in life I don't feel like the outcome's mine to choose But they don't want to see us free They want us stuck in the concrete Forever unashamed to be all we can be They tried to take, take, take our timeless youth away They tried to break, break, break us down and cast the blame But they could never make our colors fade No way to wash away our saving grace They'll never take, take, take our timeless youth away Now we could watch our past decay As the sun sets on the bay And although the viewpoint's changed Our aspirations stayed the same Now our balance is shaken up And sometimes it makes me numb To think about how once I would spill my guts, now my mouth just stays shut But they don't want to see us free They want us stuck in the concrete Forever unashamed to be all we can be They tried to take, take, take our timeless youth away They tried to break, break, break us down and cast the blame But they could never make our colors fade No way to wash away our saving grace They'll never take, take, take our timeless youth away The world will say that it's all our fault Make us believe we're not good enough Robbing the youth of their innocence, cover up their distress There's some things you just can't forget One time for my dead friends One time for their words unspoken One time for the dead ends One time for the lies we say over and over and over again They tried to take, take, take our timeless youth away They tried to break, break, break us down and cast the blame But they could never make our colors fade No way to wash away our saving grace They'll never take, take, take our timeless youth away