Taught young, the worldÂ's wisdom
I told lifeÂ's a game, the earth will be your stadium
Be alert, pay attention

(One day) Even your friends will become the competition
Trust no one but do remember this, never burn any potential bridges
Know whoÂ's who, and what they can do for you

And donÂ't feel bad causeÂ' in the end theyÂ're gonna do it to you too
Remember lifeÂ's not fair
In order to maintain, your gonna have to let you sensitivity be trained

A machine more than a human being
What you say doesnÂ't always have to be what you mean
Tell them what they want to hear if itÂ's to your benefit

And words beyond closed doors are insignificant
Push yourself, never be satisfied
Even if you donÂ't get it, at least you died knowing you tried


Born, live, strive, succeed
Gain it all, bye, now itÂ's time to leaveÂ?

Now, all we see is now

Taught young, the worldÂ's wisdom

Begin to pay attention and make my own observations
All of the kids working hard for admiration
Trying their best not to meet their social expiration

Kind of hard in a world this finicky
Easily praised and yet destroyed just as quickly
I guess me and this world must not be compatible, cause I donÂ't want its

approval to feel valuable

So whoÂ's next to climb the wall of success, just to see how good the top truly

gets
Chasing lies disguised as going somewhere only to arrive and realize itÂ's
really no whereÂ'

ThatÂ's even if you get there in the first place
What an incredible let down weÂ're bound to face when we substitute purpose for
cheap counterfeit

Too busy trying to succeed in life that we forget to live it
You can live in the infinite or give in to the immediate
Gain it all but someday youÂ'll have to leave it

This world is temporary and itÂ's heart is selfish
Think to yourself, is this what wealth is
But now, all we see is now and now is not a bad thing but now does bring

tomorrow then
Now becomes then
Moments escape, new ones replace them

DonÂ't want to face the end still searching
Asking what in this world did I ever find worth in
What could be worse than life of wasted years

Nothing lasting, nothing true, nothing dear
I fear losing beauty in pursuit of bigger things
I fear a broken home courtesy of the American dream

Maybe thatÂ's just me with my emotions on my sleeve, but one way or another we
all wear what we believe


Born, live, strive, succeed
Gain it all, bye, now itÂ's time to leaveÂ?
But now, weÂ're wasting now