Here comes the latchkey kid
He's got our world on his shoulders
He has a secret identity
On a fake ID that will claim he is ten years older
With tousled hair and eyes that roll
He's cynical, whatever that means
There's his sidekick the matchstick girl, her behaviour erratic
Confusing her victims with mood shift twirls
When backed in a corner she'll hit them with something sarcastic
With an attitutde and eyes that roll, while hidden safe behind her bangs
What a wonderful piece of mind
Living blind to the broken
[?] an old excuse
One we'll use while we're here
Having the time, the time of our lives
Relying on the latchkey kid
Make way for the latchkey kids
They're our hope for the future
They're going to erase all the bad things we did
With their xbox sk**s and their heads full of short-term memory
With eyes that roll and teenage shoulders
Shrugging of the universe
What a wonderful piece of mind
Living blind to the broken
As tired as a played out song
We all sing along while we're here
Having the time, the time of our lives
Relying on the latchkey kid
See the storm clouds forming there
You can feel the tension in the air
What a wonderful piece of mind
Living blind to the broken
We all have our different fears
They disappear when unspoken
Someone should do something and that someone will bring us redemption
Very soons we will raise our gla**es and kiss eachothers' a**es goodbye
Until that time, it's been sublime
Relying on the latchkey kids
Make way for the latchkey kids
They're our hope for the future
Make way for the latchkey kids
They're our hope for the future
Make way for the latchkey kids