End of a Life

We'd run right through those nights
I'll never find my way back to you
Inside this labyrinth of lights
There was madness in the meaning
Never laughless, we were screaming
At the top of our lungs to the numbness
This city never died

I'll fly, no proof
Those heights
I'll never find another chance to say
"Hey, thanks for saving my life"
I was hopeless, it was stinging
Running roadless
We were singing at the top of our lungs to the numbness
This city never died

What was the root of it all? Huh
I couldn't say
Used to jump and then fall
Rugged and clichéd
Would shrug it off without complaint, not a sound

No use in trying to find friends
'Cause in the end nobody sticks around
It's when you shoved yourself into a crowded place
That you turned around
And found yourself in love in outer space
Cue the reckless nights, no strings

Laughing at our own dreams, haha
Just what the hell was so funny?
Bark up the wrong tree, stumble
Used to falling great heights
Amidst a concrete jungle
Singing 'cause it felt right

We mixed the ennui and troubles
Rhyming our discontent
And though it's history
I can't forget the time that we spent
Convinced that this could mean another end
Exists between real and pretend
A twisted alter-fiction

Were I missed my chance, did not ascend
And disappearing into the mist of "Never happened"
Is the me that I can never befriend
I let it go

Fade in, fade out
This crazy dream
Without a direction, floating aimlessly
There's nothing left
Back there for me
Breathe in, but it won't stop the rain from pouring

We'd run right through those nights
I'll never find my way back to you
Inside this labyrinth of lights
There was madness in the meaning
Never laughless, we were screaming
At the top of our lungs to the numbness
This city never died
But was there ever a soul inside?

Chasing fireflies between the soaring high-rises
Left a trail behind
Defined it, "Wasted time of our lives"
Silent singer, overworked and underpaid
Thinks an office is a coffin
Until off is where you're laid

Yet a thought persists
An optimist who ought to be afraid
Saw the "Nothing wrong" in writing songs
Behind the lonely shade
Is the world a sadder place
Without the words that you conveyed?

When the ladder fell
And shattered every bar that we had played?
Does it matter in the end
The sound diminished and decayed
And your friends grew tired of fantasy
You're wishing they had stayed?

You don't get to say, "I miss you"
You watched your heroes fade
Into the rear-view mirror of the villain you portrayed
Stop the pity party, listen

You don't get to be dismayed
You don't get to be emotional
Feel blessed you got it made
These the best of years of life

Because you chose to make a trade
Recollect the days you hoped
And you prayed for this
What is there to miss?

Fade in, fade out
This hazy dream
Without a direction, roaming aimlessly
There's nothing left
Back there for me
Pretend it's the end of a made-up story

I'll fly, no proof
Those heights
I'll never find another chance to say
"Hey, thanks for saving my life"
I was hopeless, it was stinging
Driving roadless, we were singing
At the top of our lungs to the numbness
This city never died
I'll say goodbye to the soul inside

And yet somehow, there was romance
In our self-hate, "We've got no chance"
In this light maze, but let's hold hands
Through the night haze, we'll run so fast
'Til the school chime, 'til the train runs
We know it's time, we're the sane ones
Waking up now, to the "Real life"
Let me daydream, 'til the next night
I'll keep waiting
I'll keep waiting for you
Oh-woah-oh, oh-oh

Waking up now, to my real life
Let me daydream, 'til the next flight
Drowning so long, I got older
Now the crowd's gone, is it over?
Is it over?