See these days it's different

It's all new

The world is gone and

I am too

Wishing I was closer to

Back when it used to matter.

All my coins are gone

It's plastic now.

My iPod's got me asking how

Could all my albums take me down

Now it seems

That we are all wrapped up so tight

Life just can't get in.

And I feel

That we can't see.

Now it seems

That we are all wrapped up so tight

Life just can't get in.

And I feel

It's not maybe.

So my watch is worthless

So is my pen.

And it seems nothing's greater than

Something that takes me way back when.

Back when it used to matter.

All the words

I write are on a screen

And the friends

I have are mad at me.

And there's no record of anything

So the time when you turn 22

But they're gonna wait to bury you.

Cause you've got a 9-5 to do

And that's supposed to matter.

And you replace your time in between

With other people's hopes and dreams.

And live their lives on your

T.V. And now you don't even matter.

Oh it seems

That we are all wrapped up so tight

Life just never gets in.

And I feel

That we can't see

That we can't see.

Oh that we

Oh that we

Are all wrapped up so tight life just never gets in.

And I feel

That we can't see.

It's not maybe

It's certainly.

And I know we can't see

I just want us to be

Who we're supposed to be.

Who we're supposed to be.

Who we are

And well doesn't it seem kind of far

From the original plans of the stars

Back when it used to matter.