[Verse 1]
These are the best years of our lives — sweet and peaceful
The best years of our lives — enchanted and fey
Like the seeds we're sown
Like the seeds trampled —
After the gardener did what he's paid to do
Now it is finally time

[Verse 2]
These are the best years of our lives — it's all that matters
The best years of our lives — fragile and clean
Like a child, we're blessed
Like a child — spaced out
And may Lord have mercy on those, who invoke our displeasure
In these best years of our lives

[Bridge]
And I'm coming from a different world
And I really don't know how it's done here
And I would honestly ask you to help me, babe
To work with me, trust in me
And cover my ass — and then I'll look away

[Verse 3]
These are the best years of our lives —
And our captain's locked up
And his choir of angels waits for this city to fall
Before this sky, and them bells ringing
I say — I know how you feel, God, I know how you feel
If we knew our way out, we'd never be stuck here at all —
These are the best years of our lives
[Outro]
These are the best years of our lives
These are the best years of our lives
These are the best years of our lives
These are the best years of our lives
These are the best years of our lives