I'm aging from the inside out
Raging against the lightning of the day
And every turn of the opposing sun
Takes my childhood farther away
I'm five and I look down
Into the cracks between the pavement
A fearful future rises up to grab me by the throat
And everything I do will be understood
When I make it to adulthood
So here come the future
Grinning and winking
With his echoing promises stretching over the wrecked hills
Like shrink-wrapped bright kiddy-coloured pylons
When does your own skin betray you?
I'm amazed at the world
When did they change the pavements
And make all the cracks disappear?
Let invisible cables
Carry more calculated fears
To your future designer makeover desires
Get your Forsyte Saga DVD's, electric tea-dances
Your-to-own-touch-of-a-bu*ton-comfort-of-your-own-home
It's time for you to own up
Responsibility, mortgage, 2 kids
You should be a grown-up by now
Maturity! - The game show for all the family
Where the questions are always the same
But no one remembers the answers
I'm five and I look down
Into the cracks between the pavement
A fearful future rises up to grab me by the throat
And everything I do will be understood
When I make it to adulthood
So shall I fall from the climbing-frame
And break my teeth on the hard, hard ground?
Or shall I never show hurt
But lose all dignity and blame heaven
My temple vandalised by time?
I'm five and I look down
Into the cracks between the pavement
A fearful future rises up to grab me by the throat
And everything I do will be understood
When I make it to adulthood