Distractions from the ordinary 
 Real life just not good enough 
 Explanations hard to come by 
 Living outside the institutions 
 Waking in awkward situations 
 I wouldn't have it any other way 
    I can't recall a better time, 
 Each day felt like the next would never come 
 I realize i couldn't get enough 
 Alternatives all felt like death 
 I wish i could safely say 
 All the right decisions were always made 
 Ya we were young but we're still here 
 Happy to starve for another year   
 It seems so right for one to assume 
 That what we are is what we see 
 What we buy who we do 
 I would have ended up that way if not for those miles 
 Those endless days 
 I know it's not for everyone, empty halls, 
 Empty stomachs, empty hopes 
 In retrospect we had it all   
 We didn't choose this life, this life chose us long ago 
 A web of friends and moments impossible to let go 
 Though we surrendered what others want to treasure 
 We ended up with so much more   
 We didn't choose this life, this life chose us long ago 
 A web of friends and moments impossible to let go 
 Though we surrendered what others want to treasure   
 We ended up with so much more