Alive, and right before your eyes

It’s easy to think twice

A choice can change your life



Angry fists, angry eyes

Thought you’d take them by surprise

And unleash all your demons upon them

With your guns, and your knives

Left them fighting to survive

You’re the villain, but you play the victim



Never took no advice

Did you ever realize

That your violence had taken your virtue?

Well, you can’t wash away

The mistakes of yesterday

When the boys wearing blue

Come to greet you.



And I can hear the sirens still calling your name

And I can see the ashes rise up from the flames

When love was still around

When love was still around

One day before it all came crashing down



Did you stop and regret

When the voice inside your head

Got so quiet, that you’d hear a pin drop?

Did you still like the view

When the guns were aimed at you

Screaming, "Out of the house with your hands up!"?

Now you wait in the line,

For the prison bell to chime

Singing “I fought the law but the law won”

When you’re done serving time

You can look them in the eyes

While you count all the lives that you’ve broken



And I can hear the sirens still calling your name

And I can see the ashes rise up from the flames

When love was still around

When love was still around

One day before it all came crashing down



And I can see the flashing lights take you away

And now the tears are rolling down your mother’s face

When love was still around

When love was still around

One day before it all came crashing down

When love was still around

When love was still around

Someday you’ll see the life that you turned down



[Guitar solo]



And I can hear the sirens still calling your name

And I can see the ashes rise up from the flames

When love was still around

When love was still around

One day before it all came crashing down



And I can see the flashing lights take you away

And now the tears are rolling down your mother’s face

When love was still around

When love was still around

One day before it all came crashing down

When love was still around

When love was still around

One day before it all came crashing down

When love was still around

When love was still around

Someday you’ll see the life that you turned down



Alive, and right before your eyes

It’s easy to think twice

A choice can change your life.