You know when she looks at me with those jade green eyes I just can’t resist it It just give into it The way I feel when your hand falls into mine Hold on tight Stay with me tonight Nights of the summer go on and they don’t seem to end I’m feeling like we’re floating through life with no sense or the need to pretend But I know we’ve wasted no time here; it’s made me who I am Nights of the summer go on and they don’t seem to end It’s made me who I am These thoughts These feelings Are ours to hold when we can’t sleep at night Stay out until the light Here’s to moving forward The best days of our lives Stay with me Just for tonight Set our sights for the golden days We’ll live our lives in a different way And we don’t care if it sets us apart It makes us who we are We don’t care It makes us who we are

Driving down the highway Now I finally see What I learned and took away When it was just you and me Everything seemed fine Everything seemed okay But I never took it as a sign that everything was caused by me I've been going on for awhile Everyone’s suppressed my dreams It’ll only be a couple miles Till everyone will hear me scream I’ll make everything alright I just pray I can hold on tight Cuz everything you do just drives me crazy And I always knew this wouldn’t be easy I can’t help but forgive and forget And I never seem to learn So I guess I’ll live with these regrets While on this road of no return I feel so alone Why can’t I see I’ve done this on my own I’m missing what’s me

I've been walking in circles and running in place and all I can see Are the chances I bailed on, the times that I moved on, laid out in front of me I have a tendency to ignore what feels right to me lately and it’s taking its toll on me It's just that you have a way of pointing out the sort of things that I would never see I know it's hard to sleep at night When everyone's been losing sight of what matters I know that feeling standing by Just watching as your worlds collide and shatter I know it's been exhausting watching me talk in circles Just trying to salvage this but seeing a reversal I know it's hard to sleep at night Just watching as your worlds collide I'd hope that you can see my side Just don't want you to leave tonight Late nights by Mirror Lake stumbling home Wondering who I am, where I am, where I've gone wrong I walked up, and I looked at my reflection I grew up, but never settled on my direction Late nights by Mirror Lake stumbling home Wondering who I am, where I am, where I went wrong I think you help me forget that I'm not where I could be Cause up here in the cold with you feels like where I should be I'm not where I could be With you's where I should be I've been blowing my voice out singing in my car I've been falling asleep just wondering where you are I've been wasting time and I just can't explain why I let it all go when I've so much left to gain It's been god damn years and she's still getting to me Not as a regret, but a warning I've been pushing away and I just can't explain Why I let it all go when I've so much left to gain

I heard “Coffee Eyes” come on in Jack's car And it never hit me as hard as it did then When I realized that their booth on the back wall Had really just been our bridge in the school hall all along Where I’ve been all my life is where I wanna stay I was tricked into thinking that home was something bleak and grey But we’ve got these late night talks around these dim lit blocks I hope my friends still feel the same So now these nights are fleeting Why are you leaving? There’s so much left for us to see I’ll keep everyone in my head Tucked away, locked inside, I can’t bear to forget you or the others There won’t be another year like this Another year like this Nostalgia still tears me at the seams It makes me want to believe That there’s something I’m still missing here Give me back those 3 years Where I’ve been all my life is where I wanna stay I was tricked into thinking that home was something bleak and grey So now I’m stuck staring at this screen until it’s morning Didn’t get a wink of sleep, but I’m still breathing The world kept on spinning last night I think that I’ll make it out alright.

So here’s how it all began You told me it was all okay I thought it’d never happen again I should’ve known you’d lie to me Here’s to us finding peace We don’t need each other That’s alright by me But what will you do when there’s no one left? I certainly wish you the best There’s no stopping it now It’ll flow through your veins Your life; you let me down My life; I’ll take the reins Where did it all go wrong? You’ve lived a lie for your whole life I’m tired of being dragged along Well come on

You were a ray of sunshine Who the fuck was I? To think everything was fine To never say goodbye That I deserved so much, and I tried so hard to make the pieces fit Forcing them together with such carelessness That we quit I’ve got the devil on one shoulder And his brother on the other Telling me wait till you’re older Before you put away this folder How will I stay strong while I’m still feeling so wrong? Now I’m spending lonely nights Remembering all I can And I’ll always think you were right That I am just a man And I’ll keep on missing you And you’ll get over me It’s just that I never knew So much good could come from sharing tea Most would leave the letters Most would let them burn But I’ll never forget all that I have learned

I don't know what I want but I know it's not this You're all that I see, but it is what is I don't care where you've gone and I hate to admit I just want you here by my side I know what I said by the side of mirror lake And I'm willing to say that I've made a mistake I wonder what you really wanted to say to me that night I wonder what I'd have to say to make things right You saw right through me At midnight by the stairwell Looking back, you know I meant well Watch this consume me Just laying in bed at 3AM On a Thursday night wondering where you've been I don't what I've gotten myself into Was I naive to think I could see this through? Still I'm drawn to you like a moth to a flame But I hold myself back and I shoulder the blame We both knew how this would end But if you're down I'm happy just to pretend it's alright I looked out the window at the bench outside of Belden I relived my hesitation; I could've stopped, changed my direction I'll say I don't dwell on the past while every failure's based on the last And as much as I do hate this feeling I wouldn't trade these nights for anything You owe me nothing and I find myself hoping that we can let this run its course And press rewind back to September I let this go too far and I'm sorry These days the way you used to come to me is all I can remember I'm not what I used to be I don't what I've gotten myself into Was I naive to think I could see this through? Still I'm drawn to you like a moth to a flame But I hold myself back and I find myself hoping We can let this run its course and press rewind back to September I let this go too far and I'm sorry These days the way you used to come to me is all I can remember I'm not what I used to be

I have lived my life questioning what will come to be If there’s a god in heaven, what are his plans for me? Will I achieve my dreams? All my dreams I don’t know what the future holds But I’ll just dive right in No regrets, no looking back Here’s where it all begins Nothing can bring me down I’ll just come back around My eyes are set on what lies ahead It’s time to start it now Erase all your fears Take the wheel and steer your own life to where you want it to go Because only you know Just play the hand that you’re dealt Think nothing else You can’t go on without independence Think for yourself; stop pretending It feels like I’m on top of the world I don’t know what the future holds No regrets Here’s where it all begins

I fell for it And fell hard I won’t ignore it It’s gone too far When will I take that one last step? I’ve been in misery, there’s almost nothing I have left When will I do this for myself? It’s been about you for far too long For far too long Now I’m finally taking the time Now I realize that you and I is not what I’ve always wanted It’s hard to think about the time passed by I cannot take it cuz I know that I am wasting the best years of my life I never wished any harm on you Though I don’t know what you took me for That doesn’t change what you put me through Will it keep me from walking out the door? So far that’s what I’ve been held to The decision grinds me down to the core Cuz after what you’ve been known to do I can’t seem to put myself first anymore I’m wasting the best years of my life.

Trust me I know what I did was wrong But you took it out of hand You had to be so headstrong Feigning concern for me Left me worse off actually Did everything your way And you got off scot-free Look me in the eye Before you threaten to cut me off No question Ulterior motive You’re lost How trapped are you in the past? Blow my world to bits I have to pick up the pieces So much ruined just by what you said But does it trouble you to know that so many eyes Will never look at mine the same again? Save your face Just in case It’s not your place You can’t retrace

I know that I’ve been thinking too much About the way that things are changing It doesn’t seem it real I don’t feel a thing I don’t feel a thing I’ve never felt so damn helpless And I won’t lie it’s bringing me to realize The things that have been boiling my blood have been nothing Still lately I’ve been getting these feelings There’s something nagging at my mind Is there still meaning left to find? Talk to me Feel like I’ve met so many people and I’ve yet to see More than a glimpse of who they are And now I’m constantly, desperately Trying to make up for lost time I need to live my life and get out of my head Cuz I cannot fight this feeling That comes and goes when the high is dead When I remember everyone’s leaving Pick one of several ways to dive in blindly Should it all come crashing down You know where to find me Talk to me Feel like I carry my own thoughts and I just want to see If you can tell whether I’m being who I ought to be Talk to me about the things that keep you up at night The times seemed so endless My life’s rearranging The season’s expired And everything’s changing I need more aimless nights on dugouts under the sky Need more time to think Less unspoken goodbyes It’s bad enough that I’ve wasted half my time It’s hard to trust but I know it’ll be just fine