Here's my take on the lyrics (including the changes heard on the demo)
You told me once a second chance was not worth waiting for
A million chances later, you don't know how right you were
You don't wait, you don't dream, 'cause you're beating on the door
Rush 'n high who needs it I begin to realise
With all those games 'n pictures have you froze in paradise
I don't know what I signed very foolish and unwise
And I've seen all reason hit the floor
And I don't need no reservation but I can do things that I've never done before
And when you're playing with a fireball you can't run but you can call
For 7 and the ragged tiger
Bright the morning wire warning fires are alight
Grown out of toys the danger boys are hoping for a fight
I can't live, I can't breathe, I don't dance anymore
All armed with superstition so just try to block our way
Somebody ought to tell them we don't care what people say
I'm not afraid, don't believe in those stories anymore
We just tied that victim to the wall
Mother used to tell me someday you'll choose between their vision and some scene within their law
But brother can you feel the high wind rise you're running for your life
You're one of 7 and the ragged tiger
I'm whooping like a renegade with everything to gain
Just the smell of independence hits your senses like a train
I don't sleep, I don't dream, I don't need it anymore
'Cause I've heard soul breeze outside the door
Oh mother used to tell me someday you'll choose between their vision and some scene within their law
But brother can you feel the high wind rise you're running for your life you better
7 and the ragged tiger