A thicker skin we could never grow was everything we needed Because you've got to appreciate what you have while you have it Always on the edge Sailing on a sinking ship Playing the cards you're dealt won't make a difference 98 hold on to the memories till they blur and are forever gone 98 as unyielding as the rumbling thunder we were unstoppable How punk are beans and piss in Stoke On Trent Out in the pouring rain Did you know defeat can lay waste the strongest hope To the point you just want to give up Consumed by the longest wait now those days are gone But we'll always carry them with us It's a vicious game to go out there We never won, we never lost, we never really cared An iron will we forged in failure and downfall Don't you forget about the time when music was everything we got It was all we got With no means and no end we only assembled to escape On a mission to kill ambition while trying to suffocate frustration with battle cries On a mission to kill ambition That's what we had 98 hold on to the memories till they blur and are forever gone 98 as unyielding as the rumbling thunder we were unstoppable