Conditions - The End of Progression lyrics

So they're saying that the end is coming?
I'm saying that they don't know nothing
It's been right here the whole time
Disguised as a straight line

If we already knew who to be
Time is something that we wouldn't need
One by one you will lose yourself as you keep
On following footsteps that lead
The wrong direction
One by one you are fading out as
You're slowly settling for the same
You play it safe, you end progression

Retreating to the same old places
Breeding all the same old faces
Youth is wasted on the young
Life is wasted on the living ones

I've been cheated, i've been broken
And it made me a better man
Something you will never say
You will end before beginning
The same as you ever were
Quietly you'll slip away