Only Time Will Tell

So long, my California dream
I’ll be tossing my lot into another scene
Oh oh, only time will tell

And even though that bitter past has rejected
Perhaps this more enlightened day will accept it
Oh oh, only time will tell

Set your head right, save your soul,
Write your own impassioned chronicle
Make your music so you can play it up proud,
Forge your mission so you can cry it out loud

But I got caught up within the commotion of some
Event horizon sized chronic emotion
Still somehow I escaped with my life

Test the waters, cry at night
Work it out until you get it right
Make the sounds which will impress a little stronger,
Forge the songs that will last a little longer

But I know, I know I never will be the same,
Never will truly get back into that game
Oh oh, I still will fare thee well
Oh oh, only time will tell