When I was just a boy My momma told me, "Son You look so serious" (Smile and have some fun) When I was 17 My father let me know "Life isn't fun and games" (Gotta sell your soul) I don't know how I ended up So close to where I started I went to war for peace of mind What was it for? I'm dancing on a tightrope No time to mess around, oh Just trying to let my mind go I'm never coming dow-ow-own I found a preacher man To help me understand What we are doing here (What comes after life) And now the years have passed Been to the moon and back And all I've realized (No one knows but me) I don't (he don't) know how (know how) I ended up So close to where I started I went (he went) to war (to war) for peace of mind What was it for? I'm dancing on a tightrope No time to mess around, oh Just trying to let my mind go I'm never coming dow-ow-own I'm never coming dow-own I'm never coming dow-ow-own Teachers always say, "Stay in between the lines" "Promise you'll be quiet if you can't say something nice" Doctors always say, "Take these pills for your health" But now I can't remember how to think for myself I'm dancing on a tightrope No time to mess around, oh Just trying to let my mind go, ha I'm never coming dow-ow-own I'm never coming dow-own I'm never coming down (-ow-own)

Here at the party I came to alone Ramblers are rambling, you stared at your phone I'll stick around if you stick around too I wanna know why you hide in your head Where do you go when you glide down the stairs? I'll stick around if you stick around too You and I break out just a matter of time There's a reason we don't live forever Reason we don't live forever You and I break out just a matter of time There's a reason we don't live forever Reason we don't live forever You and I You and I You and I You and I Waking with you in the home that we've made Dishes are dirty and bills to be paid I'll stick around if you stick around too You and I break out just a matter of time There's a reason we don't live forever Reason we don't live forever You and I break out just a matter of time There's a reason we don't live forever Reason we don't live forever You and I You and I You and I You and I You and I You and I You and I You and I Now that we're older with gray in our hair Holding your hand as we glide down the stairs I'll stick around if you stick around too You and I break out just a matter of time There's a reason we don't live forever Reason we don't live forever You and I break out just a matter of time There's a reason we don't live forever Reason we don't live forever You and I You and I You and I You and I

The wound is festering, now rotting off my flesh Spreads like a cancer, poisoning the heart of who I am Suffocating me Your eyes they call to me They keep on giving me everything Your eyes they call to me This pain has swallowed me Rip it out Rip it out of me Rip it out You can watch me bleed You held my head and whispered everything to see How could I know that I was just a pawn? Fuck you Your eyes they call to me They keep on telling me what to think Your eyes they call to me This pain has swallowed me Cut it off clean, let the blood drain out Loving you is like salt in the wound Cut it off clean, let the blood drain out Loving you is like salt in the wound Rip it out Rip it out of me Rip it out You can watch me bleed Your eyes they call to me This pain has swallowed me