We grew up in a nightmare zone, remember?
A fairy tale both magical and Grimm
And it made us silent enemies, remember?
United only by our fear of him
But now those days are gone and the bad king died
And I'm feeling old before my time
You would think by now the spell would have broken
But it's four years since we have spoken
It still rules our lives
This legacy that we despise
And every day I remember
There was a time when I was only seven
He banished you for crimes I couldn't see
And I wondered if you'd gotten out forever
But still I was relieved it wasn't me
And so I held my tongue and I played his game
Not to be the ghost that you became
And when his black moods struck and I'd feel their pull
I made myself invisible
And it still rules our lives
This legacy that we despise
And every day I...
Remember waking up in the dark
And looking through the window across the park
And I would picture you on your odyssey
Thinking you were out there and you were free
And were it true then maybe
There was still hope for me
To find his way a child must be clever
Through a labryinth of hallways, doors, and locks
And he may find the ties that bind can sometimes sever
Like in that castle in that kingdom in the Bronx
And now the gates are down and we're locked inside
And the king still rules though the king has died
And we shut our mouths but not our eyes
To the legacy that we despise
I play a child's game in a grown-up world
And I make myself invisible
Do you hate me now, think I made it through?
Well, I got my scars the same as you
So we'll try to survive
This legacy that we despise
But it still rules our lives
And surviving feels like suicide
Reliving all that we remember...
Reliving all that we remember...
Reliving all that we remember
We grew up in a nightmare zone, remember?