Night Versions - Motion Pictures Lyrics

I never followed the waves that tried to save me
I was strung out in a daze and dying slowly
Ignored the warning signs displayed above and below me
Oblivious, naive and destined for despair

I couldn't see that I was drifting into danger
I couldn't be the things I wanted to be

Youth has aged
'Cause seventeen came too late
Hands of fate
That lead me to the grave
Peril unseen
The ignorance of eighteen
The ignorance that haunts me to this day
It never goes away
But my heart beats in time with the young
As I wait for moments that never come

They tried to throw me a line, but I kept drowning
Without a concept of time, alarms were sounding
Can't tell if my best days are dead or lie right before me
The present keeps me here, detained between two worlds

I didn't feel my life escaping in thin air
And now I'm yearning for a second chance, 'cause...