my father told me this is how it would be but you never see it coming when youre seventeen time marches on with the fading faces the only thing that stays the same is everything changes we spent those days full of hope and expectation and most of the time we were bound to miss but i had your back and we held tight to our aspirations it never crossed my mind that it would come to this now it s come to this i ve been chasing ghosts losing my mind everyone s moving on i must be falling behind but i m still alive still alive dead set on staying young and free cause i m still alive still alive am i killing time or is it killing me i remember the night the bitter taste of goodbye you felt it too i could see it in your eyes we stood the test of time but could we stand the test of change i knew in that moment we d never be the same walk away everything changes time marches on with the fading faces the only thing that stays the same is everything changes now it s come to this i ve been chasing ghosts losing my mind everyone s moving on i must be falling behind  but i m still alive still alive dead set on staying young and free cause i m still alive still alive am i killing time or is it killing me thick or thin my brother my friend i will stand up for you in the end my father told me this is how it would be but you never see it coming when youre seventeen thick or thin my brother my friend i will stand up for you in the end