Intro: Am C G D
Am C G D
you can’t feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame
Am C G D
you have to cross the line just to remember where it lays
Am C G D
you won’t know your worth now, son, until you take a hit
Am C G D
and you won’t find the beat until you lose yourself in it
Am
that’s why we won’t back down
C
we won’t run and hide
G D
yeah! ’cause these are the things we can’t deny
Am C
i’m passing over you like a satellite
G F – G
so catch me if i fall
Am C
that’s why we stick to your game plans and party lives
G D
but at night we’re conspiring by candlelight
Am C
we are the orphans of the american dream
G F – G
so shine your light on me
Am C G D
you can’t fill your cup until you empty all it has
Am C G
you can’t understand what lays ahead
D
if you don’t understand the past
G# C
you’ll never learn to fly now
G D
til you’re standing at the cliff
Am C G D
and you can’t truly love until you’ve given up on it
Am
that’s why we won’t back down
C
we won’t run and hide
G D
yeah! ’cause these are the things we can’t deny
Am C
i’m passing over you like a satellite
G F – G
so catch me if i fall
Am C
that’s why we stick to your game plans and party lives
G D
but at night we’re conspiring by candlelight
Am C
we are the orphans of the american dream
G F – G
so shine your light on me
F G
she told me that she never would face the world again
F G
so i offered up my plan
Am C
we’ll sneak out while they sleep
G D
and sail off in the night.
Am C G D
we’ll come clean and start over the rest of our lives.
Am C
when we’re gone we’ll stay gone.
G D
out of sight, out of mind.
Am C
it’s not too late,
G D
we have the rest of our lives.
Am C
we’ll sneak out while they sleep
G D
and sail off in the night.
Am C G D
we’ll come clean and start over the rest of our lives.
Am C
when we’re gone we’ll stay gone.
G D
out of sight, out of mind.
Am C
it’s not too late,
G D
we have the rest of our lives.
G F G
the rest of our lives.
Am
because we won’t back down
C
we won’t run and hide
G D
yeah! ’cause these are the things we can’t deny
Am C
i’m passing over you like a satellite
G F – G
so catch me if i fall
Am C
that’s why we stick to your game plans and party lives
G D
but at night we’re conspiring by candlelight
Am C
we are the orphans of the american dream
G F – G
so shine your light on me
Am
no, we won’t back down
C
we won’t run and hide
G D
yeah! ’cause these are the things we can’t deny
Am C
i’m passing over you like a satellite
G
’cause these are the things that we can’t deny now
F Am
this is a life that you can’t deny us now
Am C G D
you can’t feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame
Am C G D
you have to cross the line just to remember where it lays
Am C G D
you won’t know your worth now, son, until you take a hit
Am C G D
and you won’t find the beat until you lose yourself in it
Am
that’s why we won’t back down
C
we won’t run and hide
G D
yeah! ’cause these are the things we can’t deny
Am C
i’m passing over you like a satellite
G F – G
so catch me if i fall
Am C
that’s why we stick to your game plans and party lives
G D
but at night we’re conspiring by candlelight
Am C
we are the orphans of the american dream
G F – G
so shine your light on me
Am C G D
you can’t fill your cup until you empty all it has
Am C G
you can’t understand what lays ahead
D
if you don’t understand the past
G# C
you’ll never learn to fly now
G D
til you’re standing at the cliff
Am C G D
and you can’t truly love until you’ve given up on it
Am
that’s why we won’t back down
C
we won’t run and hide
G D
yeah! ’cause these are the things we can’t deny
Am C
i’m passing over you like a satellite
G F – G
so catch me if i fall
Am C
that’s why we stick to your game plans and party lives
G D
but at night we’re conspiring by candlelight
Am C
we are the orphans of the american dream
G F – G
so shine your light on me
F G
she told me that she never would face the world again
F G
so i offered up my plan
Am C
we’ll sneak out while they sleep
G D
and sail off in the night.
Am C G D
we’ll come clean and start over the rest of our lives.
Am C
when we’re gone we’ll stay gone.
G D
out of sight, out of mind.
Am C
it’s not too late,
G D
we have the rest of our lives.
Am C
we’ll sneak out while they sleep
G D
and sail off in the night.
Am C G D
we’ll come clean and start over the rest of our lives.
Am C
when we’re gone we’ll stay gone.
G D
out of sight, out of mind.
Am C
it’s not too late,
G D
we have the rest of our lives.
G F G
the rest of our lives.
Am
because we won’t back down
C
we won’t run and hide
G D
yeah! ’cause these are the things we can’t deny
Am C
i’m passing over you like a satellite
G F – G
so catch me if i fall
Am C
that’s why we stick to your game plans and party lives
G D
but at night we’re conspiring by candlelight
Am C
we are the orphans of the american dream
G F – G
so shine your light on me
Am
no, we won’t back down
C
we won’t run and hide
G D
yeah! ’cause these are the things we can’t deny
Am C
i’m passing over you like a satellite
G
’cause these are the things that we can’t deny now
F Am
this is a life that you can’t deny us now
