Fade Away (I Don't Want To)

Some set their hearts on a rocking chair

The better to sleep out the days

But I'm looking for a reason to kick and scream

I don't want to fade away

Fade away, fade away

I don't want to fade away

We think that the power is in our hands

'Cos we're holding the remote control

Pile up the lot and what've you got?

Bitter-sweet nothing at all

It's a mighty long way from my own front door

To the world we were going to make

We got bloodied and bruised for the old excuse

That it's hard just staying awake

Wake me up if you catch me falling

Gently into the night

Shine up my shoes 'cos I can't get used

To the dying of the light

Some set their hearts on a rocking chair

The better to sleep out the days

But I'm looking for a reason to kick and scream

I don't want to fade away

Fade away, fade away

I don't want to fade away