I want to be free Remember how we used to be Sit at home and dream Stare at each other like TV Teenage headache dreams Come back to me at night And try as though I might to live for now I don't know how, I just feel down Teenage headache dreams Seems like the good time's over But nothing's really over anymore Just take control I want to be free Romanticize reality Reminds me what it means To be free Teenage headache dreams I put up on the fight And try as though I might to live for now I don't know how Teenage headache dreams Up all night, take life twice when I think back again On back again She rests her head on my shoulder, blue Just like all those teen movies told her to She softly spoke the words, "Is it gonna be okay? What the hell am I gonna do today? I'm like a runaway train," I try to explain "It has to be, just try and see tomorrow" You'll look back funny, I promise Teenage headache dreams Teenage headache dreams Teenage headache dreams Up all night, take life twice Teenage headache dreams Teenage headache dreams And try as though, I might, to live for now