'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life Try to make ends meet You're a slave to money then you die I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down You know the one that takes you to the places where all my pain lives, yeah, And no change, I can't change I can't change, I can't change 'Cause I'm here in my mold I am here in my mold But I'm a million different people from one day to the next I can't change my mold No, no, no, no, no Have you ever been down? Have you ever been down? Yeah Well I never pray But tonight I'm on my knees yeah, oh 'Cause I need to hear some sounds that Recognize the pain in me, yeah You know the one that takes you to the places where all my pain lives, yeah, And the airwaves are clean, but there's nobody listening To me now, yeah, yeah, yeah! But I say No change, I can't change I can't change, I can't change 'Cause I'm here in my mold I am here in my mold And I'm a million different people from one day to the next I can't change my mold No, no, no, no, no Yeah! Have you ever been down? I said, you've down? Have you ever been down? Yeah, yeah Have you ever been down Yeah, yeah, yeah 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, yeah, yeah And it's a bittersweet symphony Yeah, yeah My mind Your life, life