The battle is 

over
  
Here we all li

e
   
In a dry sea o

f Solo cups
   
With the sun i

n our eyes
   
But it's one o

f those ending

s
   

              
Where no one c

              
laps 'cause th

              
ey're sure tha

            
t there's mo-r

 
e
          
What a great w

             
ay to start th

             
e first day of

            
 the rest of m

              
y life


   
I guess the sh

ow's going on
   
So we pick up 

the pieces
   
We dropped for

 a song
      
And an ear-spl

itting headach

e
   

              
That makes it 

              
hard to figure

             
 out which puz

             
zle they're f-


or
              
But I can leav

             
e this part ou

              
t of the story

        
 I write
              
And there are 

             
worse ways to 

              
start the firs

             
t day of the r

                               
est of my life


            
Roommates frie

              
nds lovers - q

            
uiet
I'm coming to
              
I'm turning my

            
self in-to som

              
e-thing a litt

       
le less promis

ing
              
A little mo-re

      
 useful

The battle is over
        
We lost but we

              
'll live to ca

                                        
ll off the war
              
Don't that cei

            
ling look high

              
 from the floo

         
r
             
Don't it hurt 

              
just to move A

              
s we shrink fr

    
om the light
            
As it pierces 

              
our bodies and

            
 thaws out our

               
 hearts
            
What a great w

             
ay to start th

            
e first day of

                    
 the rest of
              
The rest of my

        
 life