# NEVER GROW UP [Verse 1] We started out with empty hands, A million dreams and zero plans. Thought fifty sounded ancient then, Like life was somehow over by ten. We wanted cars, We wanted fame, Wanted everybody to know our name. Then somewhere underneath the noise, We learned that wasn't really the point. It's who was there When everything went wrong. Who stayed beside you When the lights were gone. Who knew your scars, Who knew your lies, And still said, "Come on. One more drive." [Pre-Chorus] So let the candles multiply. Let another decade pass us by. I don't need to turn back time... I LIKE WHO I AM TONIGHT. [Chorus] Never grow up! Just grow older! Let the years come rolling over! Keep the fire! Keep the noise! Keep that stupid little voice That says: ONE MORE SONG! ONE MORE NIGHT! ONE MORE TERRIBLE IDEA TONIGHT! Let the whole damn world grow cold... WE'LL GROW UP WHEN WE'RE DEAD AND GONE! [Post-Chorus] Hey! Hey! Never grow up! Hey! Hey! Never give up! Older? YES! BORING? FUCK! THAT! [Verse 2] We've had summers disappear, Lost some people through the years. Made decisions we regret, Made a few we haven't mentioned yet. We've loved too hard, We've stayed too long. Screamed completely different lyrics to a song. We've broken hearts, We've broken beds... And occasionally... Our fucking heads. But every failure, Every scar, Every road that took us way too far, Every night we can't explain... I'd live the whole damn mess again. [Pre-Chorus] So let the mirror tell the truth. I don't need eternal youth. Every line upon my face SAYS I FUCKING LIVED THIS PLACE! [Chorus] Never grow up! Just grow older! Let the years come rolling over! Keep the fire! Keep the noise! Keep that stupid little voice That says: ONE MORE SONG! ONE MORE NIGHT! ONE MORE TERRIBLE IDEA TONIGHT! Let the whole damn world grow cold... WE'LL GROW UP WHEN WE'RE DEAD AND GONE! [Breakdown] Remember when we thought adults Knew what they were doing? ... That was hilarious. Remember when we thought Thirty was old? ... Idiots. Forty? Still here. Fifty? Turn it up. Sixty? LOUDER. Seventy? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU! [Beat Returns] EXACTLY! [Bridge] Here's to every beautiful disaster. Every Friday night forever. Every bad decision. Every crash. Every summer we couldn't make last. Here's to being seventeen Somewhere underneath our skin. Here's to having no instructions... AND DOING IT ALL ANYWAY! [Instrumental Rise] Whoa-oh-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! [Build] If you're still breathing... SING! If you're still dreaming... SING! If somebody told you You're too old for this... SING! ONE! MORE! FUCKING! TIME! [Final Chorus] NEVER GROW UP! JUST GROW OLDER! LET THE YEARS COME ROLLING OVER! KEEP THE FIRE! KEEP THE NOISE! NEVER LOSE THAT FUCKING VOICE! ONE MORE SONG! ONE MORE NIGHT! ONE MORE TERRIBLE IDEA TONIGHT! WE'RE STILL HERE! WE'RE STILL ALIVE! AND WE'RE NOT GOING QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT! NEVER GROW UP! NEVER GIVE UP! LET THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD CATCH UP! GETTING OLDER? THAT'S ALRIGHT! WE'VE STILL GOT TONIGHT! [Final Post-Chorus] HEY! BEAUTIFUL DISASTERS! HEY! BAD DECISIONS! HEY! STILL SEVENTEEN! HEY! NO INSTRUCTIONS! HEY! ONE MORE SUMMER! HEY! WE'RE NOT DEAD YET! [Music Drops Out] And when I get older? ... I'll still be me. [Final Explosion] NEVER! GROW! UP! [Outro] So... What happens now? ... We make another album.
