Times Change - Madchild

I am recognizing that the voice inside my head

Is urging me to be myself and never follow someone else

Because opinions are like voices, we all have a different kind

So just clean out all your ears, these are my views and you will find

I learned a lot about myself over the last few years

Like at shows I’m an asshole after a few beers

It took so long for me to get my foot in the door

Worked hard, going on tour ‘til we couldn’t no more

Drive around in a minivan sleeping on the floor

Then eventually you move up to a bus, and everything is cush

Then you become a lush, you start to whine and fuss

Fuck every girl you meet that has a crush

Your head starts getting big, you become a greedy pig

Star-studded diva talking like a little kid

Saying, «give me this, give me that.»

Acting like a fucking brat

Like you don’t know me, what the fuck you think you’re looking at?

I feel embarrassed as I’m sitting, writing, looking back

Drinking Jack, Heineken’s in both hands, crooked hats

Smoke hanging out of my mouth, talking shit

Obnoxious and cocky like nothing could stop me

Took a while for me to finally figure this out

I actually thought that I was a bit better than everyone else

To all the people on the road that I treated like shit

I’d like to apologize to them for being a dick

Time’s change, I know that I’m strange

​What's wrong with my brain?

I’m just trying to keep it together

Asshole, I was such an asshole

That was in the past though

I’m just trying to keep it together

I tried staying grounded and some people found that I was down to Earth

It sounds worse than it was

But I’m the first to admit that I’m the worst when I’m buzzed

And it’s unfortunate 'cause I was drunk for every show

Was it fun?

I’ll never know.

I don’t remember too much

But I know I love what I do so I’ma never give up

Anyways we all know life has it’s peaks and valleys

Trying to reach my second peak that’s why I’m going back to Cali

'Cause I’ve lost some momentum, life’s different to me

The way I see things have changed quite significantly

I’m trying to get right within, I’m finally listening to me

I’ll hopefully become the person that I wish I could be

Time’s change, I know that I’m strange

​What's wrong with my brain?

I’m just trying to keep it together

Asshole, I was such an asshole

That was in the past though

I’m just trying to keep it together

So what I’m saying is I’ve changed, couldn’t stand being the same

But it still seems I rub you the wrong way and you complain

People come up in the club asking me questions

If I don’t have the right answers that’s their lasting impression

You don’t understand man, that’s a lot of pressure

They walk away hating if I don’t make them feel special

Look, you can’t get to know anybody in five minutes in the club

Please don’t tell me that I didn’t show you love

I’m just having a drink, we can talk, it’s no hassle

But if I don’t look exited, then guess who’s the asshole

Then you tell all your friends that Madchild’s conceited

We ain’t supporting him no more, I guess that he don’t need it

I’m not evil, people I treat everyone as equal

I might have had a bad day and I’m just trying to make a sequel

You can have your opinion, it’s cool, I’m not suffering

With my fans and my friends and without them I’m nothing

Time’s change, I know that I’m strange

​What's wrong with my brain?

I’m just trying to keep it together

Asshole, I was such an asshole

That was in the past though

I’m just trying to keep it together