Heading for the classroom yesterday The kids file through the metal machine It finds what they may hide No it just ain't right... A sign of the times Another church is burning to the ground... Looking for the vandals and they're nowhere to be found But the hate's alive A sign of the times, Sign of the times... A sign of the times, Sign of the times... (Acoustic Break) Would someone please let me know how we have spun out of control? Has the captain let go of the wheel? Or could we please try to find a way to be a bit more kind? I see the road to tomorrow in the haze! (Solo) On the Senate floor they congregate Many pockets lined with green, From those behind the scenes, yeah they take the bribe (it's on the side) A sign of the times, Sign of the times... A sign of the times, Sign of the times... (Acoustic Break)

Here is a rainbow for your hair Here is another sign of the times We live we die We laugh we cry We know not why Lipstick 'n leather wear 'n tear Of another sign of the times We're chained and bound Hard lines, crack down On stony ground Here is a taste of here and now Red is the bloody sign of the times The bride stripped bare Of all despair We're cut but we don't care Here is a rainbow for your hair Here is another sign of the times Light up in anger I'll be there Fight for a sign of the times We live we die We laugh and we cry We know not why Bent on a life between the lines End on a sign of the times

Just stop your crying It's a sign of the times Welcome to the final show Hope you're wearing your best clothes You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky You look pretty good down here But you ain't really good We never learn, we've been here before Why are we always stuck and running from The bullets, the bullets? We never learn, we've been here before Why are we always stuck and running from The bullets, the bullets? Just stop your crying It's a sign of the times We gotta get away from here We gotta get away from here Just stop your crying It'll be alright They told me that the end is near We gotta get away from here Just stop your crying Have the time of your life Breaking through the atmosphere Things are pretty good from here Remember, everything will be alright And we can meet again somewhere Somewhere far away from here Just stop your crying It's a sign of the times We gotta get away from here We gotta get away from here Stop your crying Baby, it'll be alright They told me that the end is near We gotta get away from here We don't talk enough We should open up Before it's all too much, no, na And will we ever learn? We've been here before It's just what we know Stop your crying, baby It's a sign of the times We gotta get away (we gotta get away) We got to get away We got to get away We got to, we've got to get away We got to, we got to get away Baby, no, baby, no, we've got to We've got to, we've got to get away We got to, we got to get away Baby, no, baby, no, we've got to We've got to, we've got to get away

There's nothin' more beautiful than a distant star Proof of our ignorance Proof of how small we are (proof of how small we are) Remember gettin' high on the hood of my broke down car Remember how innocent We no longer are (we no longer are) We don't know why we're here But we're not here for long We're not here for long (we're not here for long) Surrounded by souvenirs From days that are gone As we bravely carry on (carry on) We like the words love, trust, and invincible But then trust falls apart and love turns miserable And the light disappears The only thing clear (the only thing clear is) We don't know why we're here But we're not here for long Pretend nothing's wrong (we're not here for long) Surrounded by souvenirs From days that are gone But still, we carry on Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh We all need a memory we can hold onto At least a few souvenirs to show some proof We don't know why we're here But we're not here for long Pretend nothing's wrong Surrounded by souvenirs From days that are gone As we barely carry on (as we barely carry on)

I know sorry is not enough To erase all the pain from when I messed up I'm not here to overturn my conviction These eyes are on the road, the road to redemption Well, it's only until you lose Everything that you love that you're forced to choose And there's nothing like a crash to get your attention To keep you on the straight, the road to redemption I know there's nights when it felt like living hell All those nights when I almost killed myself In the end you never left When I needed your forgiveness It's a long way down from the fall And the terrible truths, yeah, I own them all And I had to hit the bottom to change my direction To find my way back, back to redemption I know there's nights when it felt like living hell All those nights when I almost killed myself In the end you never left When I needed your forgiveness When everyone left me for dead You never gave up, you never quit I remember the words you said We can still be good again Now I'm looking you in the eyes My soul on my sleeve, nothing more to hide And I'm never going back to that condition You showed me the way to redemption I know there's nights when it felt like living hell All those nights when I almost killed myself In the end, you never left when I needed your, needed your forgiveness

Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise Running in the shadows Damn your love, damn your lies And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain Listen to the wind blow Down comes the night Running in the shadows Damn your love, damn your lies Break the silence Damn the dark, damn the light And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain Oh! Keep it together! Oh! Keep it together! Oh! Keep it together! (I run in the shadow) Oh! Keep it together! (I'm running in the shadows) Oh! Keep it together! (Still running in the shadows) Oh! Keep it together! (I'll run in the shadow) I'm running in the shadows I'm still running in the shadows