What We Live For - American Authors

One, two, three I've seen this perfect picture in my head And after drivin' all night now here it is I can finally feel the sun kissing my skin And I just wanna take it in, yeah, I just wanna take it in Breathing in and out This is what it's all about These are the moments, the moments we live for Once in a lifetime Never think we want more This is the start of the new day, the good life These are the moments we live for We'll be the place where the ocean meets the sky We're so cute up and now of the time of our lives Feel that these memories are on out of a thing 'Cause we just wanna take it in, yeah, we just wanna take it in Yeeeeah These are the moments, the moments we live for Once in a lifetime Never think we want more This is the start of the new day, the good life These are the moments we live for These are the moments we live for These are the moments we live for Breathing in and out This is what life's all about Yeah, breathing in and out This is what it's all about These are the moments, the moments we live for (the moments we live for) Once in a lifetime Never think we want more This is the start of the new day, the good life These are the moments we live for (The moments we live for) These are the moments we live for (The moments we live for) These are the moments we live for

Swoon this is the same old blood rush with a new touch I am safe, quaint and eloquent But my bottom lip along with the top one too Is chapped and it's all thanks to you We all wet our lips to prepare for the kiss But it never came And we all wet our lips to prepare for the kiss It was but a game You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone (The bone, the bone) You trained these lips when they were champs And now they're itchin' for a comeback So come back It's a shame that your claim to fame Hangs on someone else's name So come back Such a task and this is such a blast And such a task And such a task and this is such a blast And all that jazz You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone You have a dangerous face and illegal taste And that strap is fallen on that shoulder blade Be patient, behave You have a dangerous face and illegal taste And that strap is fallen on that shoulder blade Be patient, behave You have a dangerous face and illegal taste And that strap is fallen on that shoulder blade Be patient, behave You trained these lips when they were champs And now they're itchin' for a comeback You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone

A old man gave me a tip he said "Don't waste your time with politics" he said "Just chase skirts instead Life is too short, and you're almost dead" he said "I met a woman once, I gave her my best shot But never did I talk If I had her back, I'd be as real as my age I so don't blame them, I wouldn't do the same But I can blame them, I'd sing her this" And you want to be dressed in poetry But imagery doesn't fit And you want resizing But darling dear get a grip And I think what I just wrote is going over my head I'm stealing lines from myself And what I said was never said It's just a lyrical lie Made up in my mind And you want to be dressed in poetry But imagery doesn't fit And you want resizing But darling dear get a grip You're moving but not aware You're drowsy without a care Except keeping your whites behind your lids And your lids are your best canvas I can only imagine what you're painting, what you're painting And your body on my mattress is proof And your makeup on my pillow is proof But do you think I am telling you the truth It's just a lyrical lie Made up in my mind And you want to be dressed in poetry But imagery doesn't fit And you want resizing But darling dear get a grip And you want to be dressed in poetry But imagery doesn't fit And you want resizing But darling dear get a grip

I've got these letters tattooed on my arm that remind me each second Of where I come from and the long hard road to guide me back home Back to my momma who raised me up right And back to my lady I held every night, it's a long hard road, trying to get home I've been gone now, for too long I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I've got this image engraved in my mind of a life that I had In a whole different time It still breathes and lives at the end of the road I've seen mountains and valleys through my missing days But I never once parted with how you begged me to stay I will run down that long hard and treacherous road to get home I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I've been gone for so long but my heart it carries on As it pounds like a drum on my journey back home I've been gone for so long but my heart it carries on I won't give up I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I'm just trying to get home

Old punk rock posters on the wall Made me feel like I'm 10 feet tall Back then I thought I knew it all Take off like I'm an astronaut Got lost up in the stars above Had no idea who I'd become But times are so much better now My dad told me they'd come around And nothing lasts forever Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless These dreams and hopes we used to have Change off through time and never last long High school was so bad I threw my yearbooks in the trash I'll never forget my first kiss I was so nervous that I missed Old clothes and trailers how we lived Getting laughed at by rich, spoiled kids But times are so much better now My dad told me they'd come around And nothing lasts forever Not even the ones you love Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless (we're timeless) Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless So long, farewell Doesn't mean it has to end Only time will tell So long, farewell See you down the road again Only time will tell Will tell Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless (we're timeless) Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless

You got me losing my head I never know what I said You got me spinning around and around I never know if I'm right But I've been feeling tonight That we can make all the walls come down And now I sing it, oo-oo 'Cause I feel like I want ya We've come into life and today is a brand new day Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move The way you pull me in close You've got a spell on my soul Oh, Lord, have mercy I've been hypnotized You got me singing, oo-oo 'Cause I feel like I need ya We've come into life and today (did you feel that?) Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Hey, hey, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Hey, hey, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Let me see you move