The young men think that they will live forever
Even when their fathers die
For no one can tell them anything at all
And it's true that anything can happen
When you're bracing for a fall

But when you step back you see that
(It's already happened)
It's already happened
(It's already happened)
It's already happened
It's still happening
And so

You can't stop it no matter how you try
You can't stop it no matter how you try
You can't stop it

The young wish the old, old men would die
All they want's the money, anyway
But old men act like young men and young men cannot die
Unless old men can convince them
That they're dying for a cause

But if you step back you see that
(It's already happened)
It's already happened
(It's already happened)
It's already happened
It's still happening
And so

You can't stop it no matter how you try
You can't stop it no matter how you try
You can't stop it

I'd like to say I'm not like, not like all of that
I'd like to look at them with cool remove
But the fact is there's only one way to escape
And it's true that anything can happen
When there's nothing left to prove

But when you step back you see that
(It's already happened)
It's already happened
(It's already happened)
It's already happened
(It's already happened)
It's already happened

You can't stop it no matter how you try
You can't
No matter how you
You can't