It was a part of growing up' but hey! You're still the same 'those values were not for me' that shit's just so lame Consciousness meant to check out the latest hardcore success You can count me out, I'll progress and won't settle for less Well, I will not hang on to the past I'll put my trust in something that will last This time I'll choose my own path instead 'cos progression is the way, it's the way ahead You told me to stay true and never ever to conform Now we know the outcome I'm not the one with a uniform We could see it coming although nothing was done It was the end of an era, now it's all gone Well, I will not hang on to the past I'll put my trust in something that will last This time I'll choose my own path instead Cos progression is the way, it's the way ahead That was then, this is now, the past is dead That was then, don't look back, take the way ahead Well, I will not hang on to the past I'll put my trust in something that will last This time I'll choose my own path instead 'cos progression is the way, it's the way ahead