[Verse 1]
It's a lost cause
Try'n understand it all
So act natural
Uh-ah-woo
My fair-weather friends
Only the young die good, it's true
And vice versa
Ha-ha-woo!

[Post-Verse 1]
And dare I say
I should have been a bad guy
The easy way out
Woo

[Verse 2]
Now everyone, settle down
If it wasn't me, it'd be somebody else
Words I can't stop, whether glory or ghost
But I find that it's a novel approach
Love is a war
But I'll take it too far
So act natu-ral
Act natural
Uh!
[Post-Verse 2]
And dare I say
I should have been a bad guy
The easy way out
Ha...Ohh

[Chorus 1]
Oh!
When they take me away
What songs will they play?
I can't deny
That I hope it's alright
And I hope it is something true
But when the light goes down
The shadows grow larger than life
It's hard to pretend that it doesn't make sense
But I'm betting on something else
Yeah I'm betting on something else
I'm betting on something else

[Bridge/Spoken]
Well they warn you of the wolves
But they don't warn you about the sheep
I started buying tears back in early spring
...
Well I've got the blues but the blues ain't got me
In fact, we all fall asleep in act three
So I'd like to panic but I ain't got the time
If you give them eight eyes they will ask for nine
...
Are you my killer or are you, my lover?
Please make yourself known
Our shadows are only getting longer
And it seems as though you're all alone
I understand that you have a job to do
And well that's okay
It almost makes sense what you're trying to say
Almost
...
My struggles are long
So it's a good thing my attention span is so short
A whole lot of feedback can really help distort
All the pain and problems and insignificant fears
Why if I weren't laughing I'd be crying, ha
Still bright after all these years
[Chorus 2]
Oh!
When they take me away
What songs will they play?
I can't deny
That I hope it's alright
And I hope it is something true
But when the light goes down
The shadows grow larger than life
It's hard to pretend that it doesn't make sense
But I'm betting on something else
Yeah I'm betting on something else