Wreck-Age
Rollins Band Lyrics

I take a look around me and it makes me mad
The singer is upset about the difficult situations and struggles of those around him.

Another friend of mine in rehab
The singer has friends who are struggling with addiction issues.

Try to pull himself from a plastic bag
The friend was close to death or overdose and had to physically remove themselves from a dangerous situation.

Says he got himself out just in time
The friend was able to escape the dangerous situation with their life intact.

He's callin' from the Halfway House he says he's doing fine
The friend is currently in a rehabilitation facility and is doing better.

Says his friends woulda let him turn blue and die
The friend doesn't feel like anyone would have helped him if he had died.

Someday becomes yesterday
Time passes quickly and before you know it, yesterday becomes today.

You gotta take it on the Black Train, Jack
You have to face your problems head-on, even if it's difficult.

Your life goes and crawls away
Life is fleeting and can easily pass you by if you're not careful.

You can't even feel the fire burnin' your back
You may not even realize how bad things are until it's too late.

Her boyfriend left her broken and alone
The singer relates a story of a woman who was abandoned by her partner and left in a difficult emotional state.

Her mother found her just in time
The woman was about to hurt herself, but her mother intervened and saved her.

She took some pills and crawled to the death zone
The woman attempted suicide by taking pills and went to a dangerous place.

She strapped to a bed in psych ward doin' fine
The woman is now in psychiatric care and is doing better.

Aww girl, what happened, what happened, what happened to you
The singer is sympathizing with the woman's pain and wants to know what caused her to reach such a low point.

What's goin' on? What's goin' on?
The singer repeats this line to convey a sense of confusion and disbelief at the tragedies around him.

You're walkin' hand in hand with a death trip
If you're not careful, you can easily end up on a road that leads to your own self-destruction.

You can't even feel the power in its grip
You may be so lost in your own problems that you can't see how they're taking over your life.

Sometimes I wanna take you by your shoulders and shake you
The singer wants to help those who are struggling by shaking them out of their complacency and making them realize their perilous situation.

You've got to open your eyes, man, how long will it take you
The singer is urging people to be more aware of their surroundings and to take action before it's too late.

Shot down and neutralized, man, what a case
Being defeated and giving up can lead to a sad and hopeless existence.

Runnin' through life blind, man, what a waste
Not being mindful of your situation and surroundings can have serious consequences.

Don't wanna go blind in the wreckage
The singer doesn't want to become lost and hopeless in his own problems.

I don't wanna die in the wreckage
The singer doesn't want his problems to consume him to the point of no return.

Don't wanna go down in the wreckage
The singer doesn't want to become lost in his problems and lose sight of the bigger picture.

Don't wanna get stuck in the wreckage
The singer doesn't want to become mired in his own problems and trapped there.

The wreckage is all around me
The singer is surrounded by problems and difficulties.

Sometimes it's all I can see
The singer has become so consumed by his own problems that he can't see anything else.

The human wreckage, the human wreckage
The singer is referring to people who are lost and broken as 'human wreckage'.

To you, I say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, bye-bye, bye-bye
The singer is saying goodbye to the pain and sorrow represented by the 'human wreckage' and moving on from it.