i know a time called then when we were only men and to be alive just meant you hadn t died time can t erase heartbeats out of phase and your empty eyes don t seem to want to realise oh 2025 when we were still alive oh 2025 when we were only simple men and in the automat and that was that we didn t mess with time knock things out of line oh 2025 when we were still alive oh 2025 when we were only simple men and in the dreamless night i pulse out of sight am i the only man no part of any plan before the age of clean before the power screen before the maser beam before my world was only me oh we were young and free you can t alter me so now you keep me here is this law or is it fear oh 2025 when we were still alive oh 2025 when we were only simple men