I had a place to live in I had a job worth quitting I had some things I had to change Mistakes, but we all make them We celebrate being young I had the chance to run away And I wish upon, a wrong can't turn a right Believe me Then we are (then we are) our only chance in the world Face your failures, and hope they'll see us through We are (we are) the only chance in the world So stand for something, 'cause somethings over due And I don't ask for much But this could define a lifetime A dead man's hands, we are the only friends we ever had They called it education I saw a means to an end I saw my life another way To live and die a king I thought there Could be worse fate to land upon And I'd go back home when it all blew up in my face And I wish upon a sadder life that won't get turned to right Believe me Then we are (then we are) our only chance in the world Face your failures, hope we'll see them through We are (we are) the only chance in the world So stand for something, 'cause somethings overdue And I don't ask for much But this could define a lifetime A dead man's hands, we are the only friends we ever had You need a map to see how far I was sticking out my neck We all have things that we all second guess And fears of being ordinary And I'll wish upon a sadder life that a wrong can't turn a right Believe me That we are (we are) the only chance in the world We are (we are) our only chance in the world So stand for something, 'cause somethings overdue And I don't ask for much But this could define a lifetime A dead man's hands, we are the only friends we ever had A dead man's hands, we are the only friends we ever had