Someone said true love was dead A world that's turned to disaster instead My father told me all my life But I never thought I'd fall through the ice Where steeple walls have been tumbling down Onto city streets that burned to the ground I once was lost, but now I'm found Some burnout kid in some American town So many people tell me It's not worth dying for We tread these tragic oceans It's not cause we wanna It's not cause we wanna It's not cause we wanna drown And be afraid To be some burnout kid in some American town I never learned to sympathize When dead men spoke, I couldn't look in their eyes So now I'm trapped in suburban lies With the dried up blood of American pride I'm sorry father I swore we'd try But it was an empty promise cause we Don't know how to live or die It's not because we wanna It's not because we wanna It's not because we wanna It's not because we didn't try Someone said true love was dead A world that's turned to disaster instead So now I'm lost never to be found Some burnout kid in some American town