Die Young - Distant Memories lyrics

The dark skies hang over our heads In the shadows of towers we dance, Oblivious as the earth suffocates under the heels of human advance And with each step forward we forge a path we'll live to regret The children of your children will inherit the weight of our debts We used to run beneath the sky as one complete with the stars at night Now held captive in these cities, working ourselves to d**h Addictions help us cope with pain Numb yourself enough to sustain All this d**h in the name of progress Those simple times when we knew peace slip through the cracks as distant memories... Tell me what have we gained Lives of luxury? Hearts plagued with pain? Invest your hopes in technology till there's nothing left Barren wastelands and bankrupt souls - the legacies that we uphold So much waste in the name of freedom Nevermind the laws of nature, we obey supply and demand As man becomes machine, and the land - commodity, Our existence wanes between complete collapse And the desperate hope that we may...reconnect