You can´t feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame
You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays
You won´t know your worth now, son, until you take a hit
And you won´t find the beat until you lose yourself in it

That´s why we won´t back down
We won´t run and hide
Cuz these are the things we can´t deny
I´m passing over you like a satellite
So catch me if I fall
That´s why you stick to your game plans and party lives
But at night we´re perspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American dreams
Oh shine your light on me

You can´t fill your cup until you empty all it has
You can´t understand what lays ahead
If you don´t understand the past
You´ll never learn the fun now
Til you´re standing at the gate
And you can´t truly love until you´ve given up on it

She told me that she never would face the world again
So I offer up my hand

We´ll sneak out when they sleep
And sail off in the night.
We´ll come clean and start over the rest of our lives.
When we´re gone we´ll stay gone.
Out of sight, out of mind.
It´s not too late,
We have the rest of our lives.

We´ll sneak out while they sleep
And sail off into the night
We´ll come clean and start over the rest of our lives
Out of sight, out of mind.
It´s not too late,
We have the rest of our lives.
The rest of our lives
The rest of our lives

Because we won´t back down
We won´t run and hide
Yeah cuz these are the things we can´t deny
I´m passing over you like a satellite
So catch me if I fall
That´s why you stick to your game plans and party lives
But at night we´re perspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American dreams
Oh shine your light on me

Because we won´t back down
We won´t run and hide
Yeah cuz these are the things we can´t deny
I´m passing over you like a satellite
Cuz these are the things that we can´t deny now
This is a life that you can´t deny us now