When I was a kid my parents seemed to be perfect.
They seemed to represent the only possible way of life.
When I grew older I understood that there were other worlds beside
And I knew that my parents world would never be mine and was never perfect.

When I was a boy I thought we lived in a perfect society.
It seemed to be the most modern and most highly developed system to me.
But when I look back in history and look at the politicians today,
nearly nothing has changed.

Looking back in history
Watch the tides
I hope to find a better way.
It wasn't easy for me to see
It's not too late.

I worry about the past
But there will be no progress
If you look back
'cause we want to give a better world to our children