[Verse 1] First thing we'd climb a tree And maybe then we'd talk Or sit silently And listen to our thoughts With illusions of someday Cast in a golden light No dress rehearsal This is our life [Pre-Chorus] And that's where the hornet stung me And I had a feverish dream With revenge and doubt Tonight we smoke them out [Chorus] You are ahead by a century You are ahead by a century You are ahead by a century [Verse 2] Stare in the morning shroud And then the day began I tilted your cloud You tilted my hand Rain falls in real time And rain fell through the night No dress rehearsal, this is our life [Pre-Chorus] But that's when the hornet stung me And I had a serious dream With revenge and doubt Tonight we smoked them out [Chorus] You are ahead by a century You are ahead by a century You are ahead by a century You are ahead by a century You are ahead by a century You are ahead by a century And disappointing you is gettin' me down