when we re young we design a plan we work we build we make it real and in the moment it becomes complete the first cracks start to appear a weak foundation finally revealed in the desperation when the walls came tumbling down oh in my prime oh never to return oh as i once was a broken man living half a life without you on the path to recovery with the empires crumbling i left all dreams abandoned on the steps of a modern life in defeat we redesign the plan and we give it just one more chance as we take another deep breath and prepare for the worst again a life in crisis is always threatened by time for the longer it takes to be restored the less likely it is to occur oh in my prime oh never to return oh as i once was a broken man living all alone without you on the path to recovery with the empires crumbling i left all dreams abandoned on the steps of a modern life on the path to recovery with the empires crumbling i left all dreams abandoned with you on the steps of a modern life  there is always hope of course that one day we will rise again but this modern life architecture is crumbling under the weight of the world