There's an echo pulling out the meaning
(It's alright to tell me)
Rescuing a nightmare from a dream
(What you think about me)
The voices in my head are always screaming
(I won't try to argue)
That none of this means anything to me
(Or hold it against you)
And it's a long way back from seventeen
The whispers turn into a scream
And I'm (Well I guess this is growing up) I'm not coming home
Save your breath, I'm nearly
Bored to death and fading fast
(Well I guess this is growing up)
Life is too short to last long
Back on (Now everybody's gone) earth I'm broken
Lost (And i've been here for too long)
And cold and fading fast
(Well I guess this is growing up)
Life is too short to last long
There's a stranger staring at the ceiling
(And maybe i'll see you)
Rescuing a tiger from a tree
(At a movie sneak preview)
The pictures in her head are always dreaming
(You'll show up and walk by)
Each of them means everything to me
(On the arm of that guy)
And it's a long way back from seventeen
The whispers turn into a scream
And I'm (Well I guess this is growing up) I'm not coming home
Save your breath, I'm nearly
Bored to death and fading fast
(Well I guess this is growing up)
Life is too short to last long
Back on (Now everybody's gone) earth I'm broken
Lost (And i've been here for too long)
And cold and fading fast
(Well I guess this is growing up)
Life is too short to last long
We'll stagger home after midnight
Sleep arm and arm in the stairwell
We'll fall apart on the weekend
These nights go on and on and on
I think I met her at the minute that the rhythm was set down
(These nights go on and on and on)
I said I'm sorry I'm a bit of a let down
But all my friends are daring me to come over
(We'll stagger home after midnight)
So I come over and over and over
So let me buy you a drink
And we'll pretend that you think
(These nights go on and on and on)
That I'm the man of your dreams
Come to life in a dive bar
And we'll go over and over and over
(These nights go on and on and on)
And we'll go over and over and over
And (Go on and on and on)
We'll go over and over and over
(Well I guess this is growing up)
And we'll go over and over and over
And it happened once again
I'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands (Life is too short to last long)
Sees through the master plan (Back on earth I'm broken)
But everybody's gone (Lost and cold and fading fast)
And i've been here for too long
To face this on my own (Life is too short...)
Well I guess this is growing up
