It was nineteen-ninety something A day away from saving grace I think I did some time for wearing white socks and no tie What a dire rule for the place Can you tell me? Can you tell me? Can you tell me what it means to be? Can you tell me? Can you tell me? Can you tell me what you're trying to say? 'Cause a lot of the time Up there in my mind My focus and attention start to drop like a fly There's no better way of putting it The system is a hypocrite Now I'm starting to believe that everything you say is a lie Can you tell me? Can you tell me? Can you tell me what it means to be? Can you tell me? Can you tell me? Can you tell me what you're trying to say? 'Cause a lot of the time Up there in my mind My focus and attention start to drop like a fly There's no better way of putting it The system is a hypocrite I'll be considered lucky if I make it out alive It was nineteen-ninety something A day away from losing faith The words they say never made sense to me But lo and behold, I still believe I still believe in good company And that to me's worth something I still believe whole-heartedly And that is worth everything Can you tell me? Can you tell me? Can you tell me what it means to be? Can you tell me? Can you tell me? Can you tell me what you're trying to say? 'Cause a lot of the time Up there in my mind My focus and attention start to drop like a fly But I still made it through the other side It was nineteen-ninety something It was nineteen-ninety something (It was nineteen-ninety something) Can you tell me? Can you tell me? Can you tell me what it means to be? (It was nineteen-ninety something) Can you tell me? Can you tell me? Can you tell me what it means to be? Plastic Jesus on a shelf Dusty bible in a corner Taught us rules without a reason Said: Be quiet, ask no more We recited all the pledges Raised our hands like we believed But I was staring out a window Thinking none of this was me Thinking none of this was me Thinking none of this was me You weren't hiding in tradition You were bleeding in the dirt You were in love with your condition You were the healing through the hurt There is no testimony without a past we've tried to burn