The Nights - Avicii

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[Verse 1]
  
Hey, once upon

 a younger yea

r
      
When all our s

hadows disappe

ared
             
The animals in

              
side came out 

    
to play
  
Hey, when face

 to face with 

all our fears
 
Learned our le

ssons through 

the tears
       
Made memories 

we knew would 

never fade
             
One day my fat

her—he told me

,

[Pre-Chorus]
           
"Son, don't le

t it slip away

"
             
He took me in 

              
his arms, I he

         
ard him say,
              
"When you get 

 
older
              
Your wild life

       
 will live for

 younger days
             
Think of me if

              
 ever you're a

 
fraid."

[Chorus]
             
He said, "One 

              
day you'll lea

              
ve this world 

 
behind
             
So live a life

             
 you will reme


mber."
           
My father told

 me when I was

 just a child
              
These are the 


nights that ne

ver die

My father told me

[Instrumental]
       (x2)

[Verse 2]
      
When thunder c

louds start po

uring down
  
Light a fire t

hey can't put 

out
             
Carve your nam

              
e into those s

    
hinning stars
    
He said, "Go v

enture far bey

ond the shores

.
  
Don't forsake 

this life of y

ours.
      
I'll guide you

 home no matte

r where you ar

e."
            
One day my fat

her—he told me

,

[Pre-Chorus]
             
"Son, don't le

t it slip away

."
             
When I was jus

              
t a kid I hear

      
d him say,
              
"When you get 

 
older
              
Your wild life

       
 will live for

 younger days
             
Think of me if

              
 ever you're a

 
fraid."

[Chorus]
              
He said, "One 

            
day you'll lea

              
ve this world 

 
behind
            
So live a life

             
 you will reme


mber."
            
My father told

              
 me when I was

          
 just a child
              
These are the 

            
nights that ne

   
ver die

My father told me

[Outro]
              
These are the 

            
nights that ne

   
ver die

My father told me

[Instrumental]
       (x2)