I am the sun of the future
25 years from now, I think
Try recalling the golden age
When we heard these words for the first time
Please come back to the exact spot we're at
We're speaking right now

Never forget the golden age
Don'tcha hear that this song is forever
Never forget the golden age
Notice it didn't remain as remembered
Never forget the golden age
A quarter century from now
Never forget the golden age

It never used to make you sad
But now you lost what you never knew you had
This is an artifact of that
This is an artifact of that

If this is you, 25 years accrued
Disregard the following's for the old you
Who hasn't heard this before

Son I gotta tell ya bout the future see
It's a living hell, it's not at all like the golden age
They're gonna kill your comforts with worries
Pertaining to your health, pertaining to your future
Pertaining to ya mama

Never forget the golden age
A man of wealth you saw yourself someday
Never forget the golden age
Where is the soldier, he used to be so brave
He left a martyr and came back a slave

Neither teachers nor dads
Could see the world that they brought ya to was bad
This is an artifact of that
This is an artifact, artifact of that

When the terrorists spread the plague
Through computer screens and we die
And they erase what was left of the west
Just a shopping mall

In 25 minutes I want you to come back
And recall the first time
In 25 minutes the world's gonna crack
It's all gonna crack

Remember this tune made you laugh
But these days a laugh's just an artifact
Artifact of that

It never used to make you sad
But now you lost what you never knew you had
This is an artifact of that
This is an artifact of that