Losing My Innocence, Retaining My Youth letra

This song was inspired by the beliefs of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888). His philosophy was one in which we come into this world close to perfection as children, and then become corrupt with age since we exist within a competitive industrialized society. He felt that by maintaining a healthy vegan diet, sleeping, exercising and bathing regularly, one could regain their original purity. However, even by following this ethic I can not regain the innocence as seen through a child's eyes. I have witnessed and lived though hardening experiences, but I have learned from them and refuse to let them grind down my enthusiasm for life.

I can't go back in time
or erase the things I've seen
I came into this world pure and innocent
I'll leave this world wiser and kicking

Who says I gotta act my age
I don't recognize the relevance
I'll never equate the cyclical
with the down right cynical

old is just a state of mind
to which I don't aspire
I plan on staying young
until the day that I expire

What Happens Next? - Letras

• Advice To D'artagnan
• Ahora Mas Que Nunca
• Aki Rame Naizo
• Apathy our Destiny?
• Banner-Sized Politics
• Bobo
• Chamurda
• Coexistence Over Conquest
• Conditioned Consumption
• Crucial Session
• Exploitation, Assimilation, Violence
• For What?
• Gladiator Pose
• Hard Rice & Molten Rain
• Hollow Victory
• Impenetrable, Invisible, Ignored
• Infinite Cycle (The Scene's a Jigsaw Puzzle and the Pieces Don't Fit)
• Intercontinental Bandana Union
• Isn't It Ironic (is This Me)?
• Le Cafard
• Losing My Innocence, Retaining My Youth
• Messerschmitt Squadron Annihilated!
• Multiple Tasking With a One Track Mind
• Museifu Shugi Banzai
• One And All
• Positive Youth (It's Not Just For Kids Anymore)
• Power Corrupts
• Rat Bastard
• Red Lights, Tin Roofs
• Reflection And Resourcefulness
• Resolve 365
• Revolution Inside
• S.S.I.L.
• Saishoku Shugi Sha
• Salamat Kaibigan
• Shadow Puppet Theater of War
• Smiling in the Face of Certain Death
• Stand Fast Armageddon Justice Fighter
• The Human Condition
• The Humour In Blasphemy
• The Tribe I Claim
• Those Who Own The Streets Own The City
• To Define Not Divide
• TO FLY THE FLAG LIBERTALIA
• Too Close to Home
• Violent Expression, Sexual Repression
• W.H.N?
• War Elephant
• Welcome To The Continuing Saga Of My Life Of Shit
• When It Stops Getting Worse, It's Bound To Get Better
• Who Are You Playing For?
• Words Ring Empty
• You're Not Dead Until You're Forgotten