Remember when you heard it, you didn't think about it You opened up your ears and listened Felt it smashing through the pretense, through scabs of inhibition That the world stitched to your shoulder like a mission It echoed like lips meeting and it fluctuated violently Filled your heart and lungs up with redemption Kind of like an ending but more like a beginning And even though you're losing then you're winning If you say oh Remember this forever All that matters is a song Singing "I will be with you Everywhere you go Every little thing you do Our love is here to stay Even when the skies are gray Even when I'm away I'll be with you." Now you're so much older, so mature and insecure You've grown out of yourself and into something else Oh you crazy rebel tell me is this what you want to be Would it k** you to be shameless? If you say oh Just scream this in defiance from the bottom of your lungs What ever happened to the rock in roll in your eyes? Oh I know its somewhere in you underneath the veil of lies Oh why do you hide them, your rock and roll eyes? They're crazy Eardrums are like elephants, they don't forget the things they hear And veins still carry fragments of the things fed to your ear Let me do the honors and welcome you back to mankind Just turn on the stereo and unwind It goes "I will always love you." And as for taking it in stride: