Angels and Airwaves - Rite of Spring Lyrics

From the Album: I-Empire






I was locked all day in the summer heat

In a small brown house in suburban streets

The skateboard and my shit guitar

I dream all day that they would get me far

My dad would ask me about my grades

The asshole sports that I never played

And then i'd ask about the girls he'd date

Behind our backs when mom would stay up late

It was near when I turned sixteen

Got kicked out of school and so it seemed

That things were closing in and ready to blow

My dad moved out about that year or so

It took him hours, start a punk rock band

To offset my f*cked up family land

And as I helped, my mom would start to cry

I swore ourselves a better life.



If I had a chance for another try

I wouldn't change a thing

This made me all of who I am inside

And if I could thank God

That I am here and that I am alive

And everyday I wake

I tell myself a little harmless lie

The whole wide world is mine...



The summer's gone

The years have passed

My friends have changed, a few did last

The smallest dreams, got pushed aside

The largest ones, that changed my life

And all i've wished for, has come to pass

>From rock'n'roll, to love and cash
It's all success if it's what you need

Do what you like, and do it honestly.



If I had a chance for another try

I wouldn't change a thing

This made me all of who I am inside

And if I could thank God

That I am here and that I am alive

And everyday I wake

I tell myself a little harmless lie

The whole wide world is mine...



Yo, oh, oh-oh

Yo, oh, oh

Yo, oh, oh-oh

Yo, oh, oh

Yo, oh, oh-oh

Yo, oh, oh

Yo, oh, oh-oh

Yo, oh, oh



If I had a chance for another try

I wouldn't change a thing

This made me all of who I am inside

And if I could thank God

That I am here and that I am alive

And everyday I wake

I tell myself a little harmless lie

The whole wide world is mine...



If I had a chance for another try (the whole wide world is mine)

I wouldn't change a thing

This made me all of who I am inside (the whole wide world is mine)

And if I could thank God (the whole wide world is mine)

That I am here and that I am alive

And everyday I wake (the whole wide world is mine)

I tell myself a little harmless lie

The whole wide world is mine... 






[Thanks to kaneo11 for adding these lyrics]