lying awake lost in time with no reason to turn around and put it all aside yeah here today gone tomorrow while drowning in all of their sorrows at age 14 no inhibitions and i sure as hell did not need your permission never looking forward and i was never looking back and i d never known what s next but as the days had gone by both ignorant and blind new visions of a world started filling my eyes tossing and turning with eyes open wide that is where i find i m lying awake lost in time with no reason to turn around and put it all aside yeah here today gone tomorrow while drowning in all of their sorrows years go by as we start to see so many generations torn by poverty and greed so many whining that their lives are oh so bad but far better than so many it s sad becoming intoxicated by all of the madness and all of the pain that they ve been through hoping and searching a world in despair right outside no more i m lying awake lost in time with no reason to turn around and put it all aside yeah here today gone tomorrow while drowning in all of their sorrows there s just got to some other way those people are dying today there s just got to be some other time that they are going to find there s just got to be some sort of progress some other way they re going to know there s just got to be another means to an end here s to hoping that it will show wake up like some people in our society and it grows planted like a seed so what do we do when it comes down on you cries ring out as a chime for awakening taking the time to listen up maybe don t turn away maybe showing interest could show them light of day well it s a pretty fine line as community paces stepping up to the edge daily different cases third world tragedy another in store another taste of what s real can they take anymore lying awake lost in time with no reason to turn around and put it all aside yeah here today gone tomorrow while drowning in all of their sorrows awake lost in time with no reason to turn around and put it all aside yeah here today gone tomorrow while drowning in all of their sorrows i m lying awake 