[Intro]

   


[Verse]

            
You can't feel

             
 the heat unti

              
l you hold you

             
r hand over th

  
e flame 
            
You have to cr

             
oss the line j

             
ust to remembe

           
r where it lay

s 
            
You won't know

             
 your worth no

             
w son until yo

         
u take a hit 
            
And you won't 

             
find the beat 

             
until you lose

              
 yourself in i


t 


[Chorus]

              
That's why we 

            
won't back dow

           
n we won't run

 and hide 
             
Yeah, cause th

              
ese are the th

             
ings that we c


an't deny 
            
I'm passing ov

              
er you like a 


satellite
             
So catch me if

       
 I fall 

              
That's why we 

            
stick to your 

              
game plans and

 
 party lives
             
But at night w

              
e're conspirin

     
g by candlelig

ht
            
We are the orp

            
hans of the am

erican dreams 
             
Oh shine your 

           
light on me


[Interlude]

   


[Verse]

            
You can't fill

             
 your cup, unt

             
il you empty a

      
ll it has
            
You can't unde

             
rstand what la

     
ys ahead
              
If you don't u

            
nderstand the 

  
past
            
You'll never l

         
earn to fly no

w
              
Until you're s

             
tanding at the

  
 cliff
            
And you can't 

             
truly love unt

             
il you've give

          
n up on it

(Slide down)


[Chorus]

              
That's why we 

            
won't back dow

           
n we won't run

 and hide 
             
Yeah, cause th

              
ese are the th

             
ings that we c


an't deny 
            
I'm passing ov

              
er you like a 


satellite
             
So catch me if

      
 I fall 

              
That's why we 

            
stick to your 

              
game plans and

 
 party lives
             
But at night w

              
e're conspirin

     
g by candlelig

ht
            
We are the orp

            
hans of the am

erican dreams 
             
Oh shine your 

           
light on me 


[Bridge]

             
   She told me

          
 that she neve

r
              
Could face the

        
 world again 
              
So I offered u

    
p a plan 


  We'll sneak 

out 

  While they s

leep
           
  And sail off

       
 in the night
          
  We'll come c

lean
             
  And start ov


er 
            
The rest of ou

    
r lives
           
  When we're g

one 
             
  We'll stay g


one
       
Out of sight
            
Out of mind 
            
It's not too l

ate
            
We have the re

          
st of our live

s


  We'll sneak 

out 

  While they s

leep
           
  And sail off

       
 in the night
          
  We'll come c

lean
             
  And start ov


er 
            
The rest of ou

    
r lives
           
  When we're g

one 
             
  We'll stay g


one
       
Out of sight
            
Out of mind 
            
It's not too l

ate
            
We have the re

            
st of our live

s 
              
The rest of ou

    
r lives 


[Chorus]

            
Because we won

              
't back down w

           
e won't run an

d hide 
                                        
Yeah, cause these are the things that we can't deny 
            
I'm passing ov

              
er you like a 


satellite
             
So catch me if

      
 I fall 

              
That's why we 

            
stick to your 

              
game plans and

 
 party lives
             
But at night w

              
e're conspirin

     
g by candlelig

ht
            
We are the orp

            
hans of the am

erican dreams 
             
Oh shine your 

           
light on me 

            
We won't back 

              
down we won't 


run and hide
             
Yeah, cause th

              
ese are the th

             
ings that we c


an't deny
            
I'm passing ov

              
er you like a 


satellite
             
Cause' these a

              
re the things 

        
that we can't 

deny now 
             
This is a life

              
 that you can'

         
t deny us now