Imagine a place where I wasn't so impressionable And everything you do and say is not a blueprint for me to choose I didn't see and I never killed anything I never cussed and I never heard anything I saw the choice and I carried out everything Think of the children, what of the children? Think of the children, what becomes of anything? Think of the children, I protect the children! Think of the children, what becomes of anything? So to survive, to stay alive, I must end the pleasures I afford myself everyday Fate understands and he holds it in his hands In his hands, in his hands But it wasn't what I planned All that you see is a reflection back to me Back to me, back to me So I'm never truly free to live Imagine a time when the programs weren't miserable And what you view you would digest and escape from your memory Imagine a day with our actions unaffordable And we can stop the turning of the Earth with a single word I didn't see and I never killed anything I never cussed and I never heard anything I saw the choice and I carried out everything Think of the children, what of the children? Think of the children, what becomes of anything? Think of the children, I protect the children! Think of the children, what becomes of anything? So to survive, to stay alive, I must end the pleasures I afford myself everyday Fate understands and he holds it in his hands In his hands, in his hands But it wasn't what I planned All that you see is a reflection back to me Back to me, back to me So I'm never truly free Fate understands and he holds it in his hands And I think I understand But it wasn't what I planned All that you see is a reflection back to me I must hinder what they see So I'm never truly free to live I must pass my genes into the next generation That generation must pass them on again I must pass my genes into the next generation Those genes must carry on until the end I must pass my genes into the next generation That generation must pass them on again I must pass my genes into the next generation Those genes must carry on until the end And all is well, that ends well And all is well, that ends well