Glory Days Don't Mean Shit to Me

from Circling the Drain by Nowhere Days

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Everybody wishing they were still young, everyone so consumed with regret
I guess once you get old enough, all you do is count the days you have left
‘Cause the world keeps moving on without you, it fills you up with increasing dread
Your golden years spent living in fear, terrified of what’s coming next

But looking back won’t change today
Wishful thinking never pays
No such thing as glory days
It’s just a dream that will never be
So we scream like hell and fight ourselves
Listen to nobody else
Nothing ever changes, it all just stays the same
And we do it all again

Easy to say things will be better when we’re the oldest generation left
Can’t wait to see the day when there’s nothing left to protest
But we medicate ourselves endlessly with fentanyl and percocet
Kill ourselves off day by day, just another despairing death

Looking ahead won’t change today
Wishful thinking never pays
No such thing as better days
It’s just a dream that will never be
So we scream like hell and fight ourselves
Listen to nobody else
Nothing ever changes, it all just stays the same
And we do it all again

Societal change is accelerating
And unity keeps disintegrating
It seems this cycle is never-ending
So buckle up for a long ride
Everyone saying the end is near
As human rights start to disappear
Hope slowly gets replaced by fear
Are we running out of time?

Maybe nothing will change today
Wishful thinking never pays
Maybe these are our best days
They’re just not what we thought they would be
So let’s scream like hell and fight ourselves
Listen to nobody else
Nothing ever changes, everything just stays the same

Let’s do it all again and again and again and again
This pointless cycle never ends
Ignore the past and play pretend
Like change is just around the bend
Then we’ll all look back in disbelief that it never really happened

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from Circling the Drain, released November 30, 2020

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