I hang my Christmas lights in the middle of October I'd do it earlier but the neighbors might look at me funny And I don't want to be that guy I want to feel the magic I need to remember What it felt like as a kid when December rolled around Or maybe I just need to grow up and start acting my age What is growing up anyway? I don't feel any different in my brain I just see my friends less than I used to People they come and people they go Some are in the ground and others just feel like snow Melting through the palm of my hand I don't really care about things or money Just give me all your loving and a joke that's funny as hell I'm a simple man, I am alive and well I only watch the movies that I've seen before I like to know the ending cause mine is out of my control Sometimes I need those familiar faces The older that I get the more I come to notice The things I thought I wanted turned out to be the things I need Or maybe I just need to stop listening to Death Cab What is growing up anyway? I don't feel any different in my brain Unless you count all these goddamn headaches People they come and people they go Some are in the ground and others just feel like snow Melting in the palm of my hand I don't really care about things or money Just give me all your loving and a joke that's funny as hell I'm a simple man, I am alive and well Time moves so slowly Yeah but it always seems to catch up with me But I know I'll never have to wait around alone again The clock ticks, days go by And I'm still in the same place that I started when I met you But the world just won't stop changing all the time Without a reason or rhyme What is growing up anyway? I don't feel any different in my brain I can't get you out of my head and I don't want to People they come and people they go Some are in the ground and others just feel like snow Melting in the palm of my hand I don't really care about things or money Just give me all your loving and a joke that's funny as hell I'm a simple man, yeah I am alive I'm a simple man, I am alive and well

I always told you If I don't go first I would wander the earth like a ghost I always told you That you were more a part of me Than most of me is a part of myself Yeah cuz you are my north and my south My east and my west But without you I'm directionless I don't want to get lost Without you there to lead me back With some breadcrumbs left to show me the way I don't want to get stuck Between this world and the next one I don't want to forget your face I always told you that I would find you again If the universe should say that we're through Cuz I don't know if I believe in God But I sure as Hell believe in you I don't want to get lost Without you there to lead me back With some breadcrumbs left to show me the way I don't want to get stuck Between this world and the next one I don't want to forget your face The clock keeps ticking till we're under the ground Six feet underneath a world spinning 'round Without you it would get so damn lonely Especially when it rains I always told you If I don't go first I would wander the earth like a ghost I don't want to get lost Without you there to lead me back With some breadcrumbs left to show me the way I don't wanna get stuck Between this world and the next one I don't want to forget your face I don't want to get lost Without you there to lead me back With some breadcrumbs left to show me the way I don't want to get stuck Between this world and the next one I don't want to forget your face Yeah cuz you are my north and my south My east and my west But without you I'm directionless

West of the Empire, just trying to get home Like a bat out of Hell, with the devil in tow Were you falling in love? Or maybe just tired? Cuz you crashed so damn hard - and I don't know why My folks, they knew that something was wrong When they saw the commotion out on 91 The season changed quickly A Summer chill set in Yeah, it crawled through my bones, my blood, and my skin For one long night in Anaheim I don't know what I could have done differently, differently But now that you're gone To see you again, I would stare at the sun I would go, I would go blind just to make this undone To make this undone I was the first one to know - just lucky I guess Read the news on Facebook alone at my desk I picked up the phone and gave my sister a call Yeah, I fucked up the words - wouldn't you know? I'll never forget the sound of her voice Or the tears that she cried out into the void It was like she knew that this day would come There was a subtle acceptance A disquieting calm For one long night in Anaheim I don't know what I could have done differently, differently But now that you're gone To see you again, I would stare at the sun I would go, I would go blind just to make this undone To make this undone I'd pull up a seat at the bar I'd buy you a beer and I'd ask about your car I'd tell you how funny you are We'd laugh about The Simpsons and we'd play some guitar But your soul took flight I don't know what I could have done differently, differently But now that you're gone To see you again, I would stare at the sun I would go, I would go blind just to make this undone To make this undone To make this undone To make this undone, I would stare at the sun

I feel like I'm running on empty But the price of gasoline keeps going up I see your face on every street corner A million miles would never ever be enough Every night I dream I'm sleepwalking I stumble around the house like a jerk I'm not afraid of ghosts or tripping over the bedpost But I'm terrified of falling apart And I know that I sound like one big cliche And it's all been said a thousand times before I can still break your heart into a million pieces And if I'm honest, it scares me to death Because I know that you and me are once in a lifetime I don't wanna play, I don't wanna play the part But I can still break your heart Another year on earth's almost over The holidays, they soon will be here If you were not around, I'd buy a little tree like Charlie Brown And I would sing Auld Lang Syne until New Year's And I know that I sound like one big cliche And it's all been said a thousand times before I can still break your heart into a million pieces And if I'm honest, it scares me to death Because I know that you and me are once in a lifetime I don't wanna play, I don't wanna play the part But I can still break your heart Cause all we are is bags of bones and chemical reactions But I hope that you will always be near me Through life & death and everything that's in between It all just seems so silly Man, I can't help but to laugh I can still break your heart into a million pieces And if I'm honest, it scares me to death Because I know that you and me are once in a lifetime And I don't wanna play, I don't wanna play the part Cause I can still break your heart into a million pieces And if I'm honest, it scares me to death Because I know that you and me are once in a lifetime I don't wanna play, I don't wanna play the part No, I don't wanna play, I don't wanna play the part Cause I can still break your heart I can still break your heart

I gave away some of the best years of my life And I'm never gonna get 'em back No, I'm never gonna get 'em back Now there's wrinkles on my face and my hair is turning gray And everything hurts just a little bit more Just a little bit more than it did yesterday But if you look inside your heart of hearts You'll find the meaning to this life And as the years go by, it's easier to fast-forward Than it is to rewind Oh, oh, oh, oh They say life is for the living But it's only just a glimmer in time Oh, oh, oh, oh If you blink you're gonna miss it Either way you gotta kiss it goodbye I've been patiently waiting for a day that seems to never come A day where I would put back together all the pieces of me that I've lost And forget everything that it cost I promise that I love you, and I swear that you're enough But there's things I've gotta do just to get right with myself And become the thing that I wanted to be when I was young Yeah, when life was simple But if you look inside your heart of hearts You'll find the meaning to this life And as the years go by, it's easier to fast forward Than it is to rewind Oh, oh, oh, oh They say life is for the living But it's only just a glimmer in time Oh, oh, oh, oh If you blink you're gonna miss it Either way you gotta kiss it goodbye Something feels wrong inside - something's missing And if you believe that certain things were meant to be This is not how our song ends - a melody doesn't need a reason Oh, oh, oh, oh They say life is for the living But it's only just a glimmer in time Oh, oh, oh, oh If you blink you're gonna miss it Either way you gotta kiss it goodbye Oh, oh, oh, oh Just like a star up in the sky that burned so bright it supernova'd & died I see fireworks in my mind Brighter than the 4th of July A sea of memories lost in time When my whole life When my whole life When my whole life flashes before my eyes And I've been patiently waiting for a day that seems to never come

I never thought that I would live this long Now that I'm here I hope I live a little longer I still don't know where I belong I thought I would've figured that out by now Whatever happened to those Saturday morning cartoons? Sure don't make them like they used to Dad was leaving bright and early for the airport Mom was sipping coffee reading the news The Statler Brothers, they were playing on the stereo The world felt so big and full of promise I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up I really hope I'm gonna figure that out someday I never thought that I would live this long Now that I'm here I hope I live a little longer I still don't know where I belong I thought I would've figured that out by now I feel so lucky to have found you, but We built our lives on a fault line And is it just me, or did that feeling Of invincibility fade away with the sun I feel like I could cry when I think about My mom and dad in their prime Cause when I look at them now, all I see Are two people trying to figure their own shit out I never thought that I would live this long Now that I'm here I hope I live a little longer Maybe I should move on I thought I'd probably be a rock star by now And I don't wanna waste my heartbeats Wandering around aimlessly Like a phantom wearing Vans and old blue jeans Cause I've worn these masks for years And I'm tired of pretending that I'm someone else Don't wanna live my life forever like it's Halloween I never thought that I would live this long Now that I'm here I hope I live a little longer I still don't know where I belong I thought I would've figured that out by now I'm sure that everything will work out fine Cause as it goes nobody makes it out alive If it's the last thing that I do I'll be searching for those Saturday morning cartoons

It's so hard to be sad when I've got so much good in my life Still I sing all these sad fucking songs in my room every night To be perfectly honest, I mean every word that I say I just don't understand why the words always come out this way This way And it feels like I'm sinking in quicksand I've been feeling this way all my life I've been sinking below the surface slowly and it's getting so much harder to fight So if you're leaving could you turn off the light? I'm still alive It's been a long and winding road just to end up right back where I started from Still this world don't owe me anything, even though sometimes I feel like it should I'd give away all the money I've saved for a chance to feel complete Cause you cannot put a price on your dreams Even when it gets hard to breathe and you feel so unseen And it feels like I'm sinking in quicksand I've been feeling this way all my life I've been sinking below the surface slowly and it's getting so much harder to fight So if you're leaving could you turn off the light? The light It was was only a mirage But it looked like solid ground Now I'm in too deep, I'm probably better lost than found I'm out of signal flares I'm running low on prayers There's songs I've yet to sing, but I don't think anyone cares I don't think anyone cares That I'm getting so damn tired of sinking I've spent too many years being scared I'm only getting older These shoulders are getting colder So if not now then when? Yeah, if not now then when? And it feels like I'm sinking in quicksand I've been feeling this way all my life I've been sinking below the surface slowly and it's getting so much harder to fight And it feels like I'm sinking in quicksand I've been feeling this way all my life I've been sinking below the surface slowly and it's getting so much harder to fight So if you're leaving could you turn out the lights? If you're leaving could you turn off the light?

A cup of coffee in the evening, a movie that we've seen And staring at our phones on the couch It never mattered what we did, just that we're together You're the person I cannot be without So if ever I should die without saying goodbye Then I'll leave you with these silly words The last thing I ever want is to leave you all alone Yeah, I'd miss you so bad that it hurts So tell my mother that I love her, and tell my brother not to worry And tell dad that I know he did the best that he could And tell my sister that I'm sorry for stealing all her CDs in the 90s It's probably nothing, but I've got this stupid pain in my head So I just wanted to let you know That you were my whole wide world You were my whole wide world If I could do it all again, I'd work a little less And take more time for myself I've spent too many hours in my bedroom chasing ghosts While my dreams just sat on a shelf On that night your mother died, I felt so goddamn helpless I could not protect you from this That helpless feeling never left me, and I know it never will I'll carry it with me into the abyss So tell my mother that I love her, and tell my brother not to worry And tell dad that I know he did the best that he could And tell my sister that I'm sorry for stealing all her CDs in the 90s It's probably nothing, but I've got this stupid pain in my head So I just wanted to let you know That you were my whole wide world You were my whole wide world Do you believe in ghosts? I never have, but when I'm dead and I'm gone I sure hope that I'm wrong I'm not ready to let you go And wander off to some place you can't follow All alone So tell my mother that I love her, and tell my brother not to worry And tell dad that I know he did the best that he could And tell my sister that I'm sorry for stealing all her CDs in the 90s And would you tell them that I lived a life that made me happy And when the going got tough, I always had you by my side It's probably nothing, but I've got this stupid pain in my head So I just wanted to let you know That you were my whole wide world You were my whole wide world

All I hear, year after year Is just radio silence ringing in my ears And all I know is not much and it shows Cause when I look up to the heavens, it seems there's nobody home Like right now, I could really use some help But the signal has turned to static in my mouth Radio, radio silence Dear God, do you read me? Is this thing on? I'm begging you To hear these words I sing And all my life, I've questioned once or twice Who I was and where I've been I just hope I got it right Because it's so clear now That life is like the clouds It's here one minute and gone the next And sometimes the rain pours down Like right now, I could really use some help But the signal has turned to static in my mouth Radio, radio silence Dear God, do you read me? Is this thing on? I'm begging you To hear these words I sing Radio, radio silence What's the point of all of this? Cause I've been dying every second since the day I was born And if you ask me, that's just no way to live Yeah, I'm just hoping for the static to lift And when I think about all the years that I'll miss I don't know how to walk away from this But after hours and hours sitting on the phone Listening to an empty dial tone Yeah, it's clear that everybody dies alone Yeah, it's clear that everybody dies alone Radio, radio silence Dear God, do you read me? Is this thing on? I'm begging you Please Radio, radio silence Dear God, do you read me? Is this thing on? I'm begging you to hear these words I sing Radio, radio silence What's the point of all of this? Cause I've been dying every second since the day I was born And if you ask me, that's just no way to live Yeah, I'm just hoping for the static to lift Yeah, I'm just hoping for the static to lift Sometimes I've gotta wonder If God is the devil himself Cause I don't know why you'd let such bad things happen But you can go straight to hell

When the world is falling down around me, I lie awake at night I'd give anything for a cigarette, but I've never smoked a day in my life When it starts raining cats and dogs outside, and the weather called for clear skies My umbrella always seems to be out of reach Ain't that the way it goes sometimes? I wanna leave this world better than I found it But it's getting so goddamn hard not to feel forgotten And the walk from heaven down to hell is shorter than you think My soles are so worn down you'd think salvation came for free And I, for one, do not believe In miracles or anything really But I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical I've fallen in and out of love, and I've broken a heart or two I've made so many mistakes, some by accident, some I meant to No one's more surprised than me that I'm not dead or in jail With no one to post my bail I must have done something right in another life I wish I knew what it was so I could bottle it up And the walk from heaven down to hell is shorter than you think My soles are so worn down you'd think salvation came for free And I, for one, do not believe In miracles or anything really But I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical And I don't take anything for granted Cause I know I've been dealt better cards than some And it sucks that tomorrow's never promised Life's a pretty sick joke, but it's so damn beautiful sometimes When the world is falling down around me, I lie awake at night I'd give anything for a cigarette, but I've never smoked a day in my life And the walk from heaven down to hell is shorter than you think My soles are so worn down you'd think salvation came for free And I, for one, do not believe In miracles or anything really But I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical Yeah, I'm trying not to be so cynical