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 Wellyou 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 your voice inside your head Got so quiet, that you'd hear a pen 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 falling down your mother's face When love was still around When love was still around One day before all came crashing down When love was still around When love was still around Someday you'll see the life that you turned down 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 all came crashing down And I can see the flashing lights take you away And now the tears are falling 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