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
Yeah, because these are the things that we can't deny
I'm passing over 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, we're conspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American Dream
So 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 to fly
Until you're standing at the cliff
You can't truly love until you've given up on it

That's why we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah, because these are the things that we can't deny
I'm passing over 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 we're conspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American Dream
So shine your light on me

She told me she
That she'd never face the world again
So I offered up a plan:

We'll sneak out while 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 in the night (we have the rest of our lives)
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 (we have the rest of our lives)
It's not too late
We have the rest of our lives
The rest of our lives

Because we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah, because these are the things that we can't deny
I'm passing over 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 we're conspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American Dream
So shine your light on me (shine your light on me)

No we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah, because these are the things
That we can't deny (shine your light on me)
I'm passing over you like a satellite
'cause these are the things that we can't deny, no
This is a life that you can't deny us now