Used to Matter

See these days it's different
It's all new
The world is gone and
I am too
Wishing I was closer to
Back when it used to matter
All my coins are gone
It's plastic now
My iPod's got me asking how
Could all my albums take me down
Now it seems
That we are all wrapped up so tight
Life just can't get in
And I feel
That we can't see
Now it seems
That we are all wrapped up so tight
Life just can't get in
And I feel
It's not maybe
So my watch is worthless
So is my pen
And it seems nothing's greater than
Something that takes me way back when
Back when it used to matter
All the words
I write are on a screen
And the friends
I have are mad at me
And there's no record of anything
So the time when you turn 22
But they're gonna wait to bury you
Cause you've got a 9-5 to do
And that's supposed to matter
And you replace your time in between
With other people's hopes and dreams
And live their lives on your
T V And now you don't even matter
Oh it seems
That we are all wrapped up so tight
Life just never gets in
And I feel
That we can't see
That we can't see
Oh that we
Oh that we
Are all wrapped up so tight life just never gets in
And I feel
That we can't see
It's not maybe
It's certainly
And I know we can't see
I just want us to be
Who we're supposed to be
Who we're supposed to be
Who we are
And well doesn't it seem kind of far
From the original plans of the stars
Back when it used to matter