EVERY GENERATION
BLAMES THE ONE BEFORE
AND ALL OF THEIR
FRUSTRATIONS
COME BEATIN' ON YOUR DOOR
I KNOW THAT I'M A PRISONER
TO ALL MY FATHER
HELD SO DEAR
I KNOW THAT I'M A HOSTAGE
TO ALL HIS HOPES AND FEARS
I JUST WISH I COULD
HAVE TOLD HIM
IN THE LIVING YEARS
OH, CRUMPLED BITS OF PAPER
FILLED WITH
IMPERFECT THOUGHT
STILTED CONVERSATIONS
I'M AFRAID
THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT
YOU SAY YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT
HE SAYS IT'S PERFECT SENSE
YOU JUST CAN'T GET AGREEMENT
IN THIS PRESENT TENSE
WE ALL TALK
A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
TALKIN' IN DEFENCE
SAY IT LOUD
WOAH, SAY IT CLEAR
AS WELL AS YOU HEAR, YEAH
IT'S TOO LATE
WOAH, WHEN WE DIE
WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE
SO, WE OPEN UP A QUARREL
BETWEEN THE
PRESENT AND THE PAST
WE ONLY SACRIFICE THE FUTURE
IT'S THE BITTERNESS THAT LASTS
SO, DON'T YIELD
TO THE FORTUNES
YOU SOMETIMES SEE AS FATE
IT MAY HAVE
A NEW PERSPECTIVE
ON A DIFFERENT DATE
AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE UP
AND DON'T GIVE IN
YOU MAY JUST BE OKAY
SO, SAY IT, SAY IT, SAY IT LOUD
OH, SAY IT CLEAR
AS WELL AS YOU HEAR
BECAUSE IT'S TOO LATE
IT'S TOO LATE
WOAH, WHEN WE DIE
WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE
I WASN'T THERE THAT MORNING
WHEN MY FATHER PASSED AWAY
I DIDN'T GET TO TELL HIM
ALL THE THINGS I HAD TO SAY
I THINK I CAUGHT HIS SPIRIT
LATER THAT SAME YEAR
I'M SURE I HEARD HIS ECHO
IN MY BABY'S NEW BORN TEARS
I JUST WISH
I COULD HAVE TOLD HIM
IN THE LIVING YEARS
SO, SAY IT, SAY IT, SAY IT LOUD
COME ON, SAY IT CLEAR
AS WELL AS YOU HEAR, YEAH
IT'S TOO LATE
IT'S TOO LATE WHEN WE DIE
WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE
HEY!
SO, SAY IT, SAY IT, SAY IT LOUD
SAY IT LOUD
COME ON, SAY IT CLEAR
DON'T GIVE UP
DON'T GIVE IN
AND DO NOT WAIT
'TIL IT'S TOO LATE