Kina Grannis, Imaginary Future - Teach Your Children lyrics

You, who are on the road
Must have a code
That you can live by
And so
Become yourself
Because the past
Is just a good-bye

Teach your children well
Your father's hell
Did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's
The one you'll know by

Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you

And you of tender years
Can't know the fears
That your elders grew by
Please help
Them with your youth
They seek the truth
Before they can die

Teach your parents well
The children's hell
Will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's
The one you'll know by

Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you