They've been telling you lies most of your life Well not so much lies, but not the whole enchilada I guess it was too hard at the time Because the truth is - it's complicated There's a darkness that will come and will go We kept it from you but now it's yours to hold And I guess it's part of our souls It protects us, but sometimes it makes us terrible Light becomes shadow, your hero behind bars We tell ourselves that we are what we are On every channel the game was fixed We tell ourselves that it is what it is But it doesn't have to be, or does it? Cause it hasn't always been, or was it? But those kids who just arrived They flipped the script on the screen And suddenly the way it's always been It doesn't have to be There's a chill in the air, it hurts my bones As I get older, I'm searching for comfort When the Winter winds they burn and blow And the darkness it seems to find me again Might not be what you want know Kept it from you but now it's yours to hold The stories of our souls hitting the floor Touching the bottom and coming back Up for more We don't change, we don't change, we don't change We were born inside the engine of this runaway train But sometimes in your smile I get a glimpse of the dream And suddenly the way it's always been It doesn't have to be