[Intro] [Verse 1] A week ago she couldn't die I watched her get back up each time Blood on her shirt, dirt on her knees Then she'd breathe Funny what your mind believes When someone's always on the screen You know the trick, you know the line She'll be fine [Refrain] Save the cheerleader Save the world We all knew what came next [Verse 2] Now there's a sentence in my head That doesn't fit the way it did I hear those words from years ago And they sound cold There isn't any scene to change No clock to turn, no page to save Just morning coming through the blinds Right on time [Refrain] Save the cheerleader Save the world God, we said it like a promise [Hook] Save the cheerleader, save the world God, we had it wrong way around We put the whole world on one girl When the world should've held her somehow Wrong way around All this time She wasn't ours to save the world The world was supposed to save her. [Bridge] She was the one who always healed The one the ending couldn't keep We watched the worst thing happen Then watched her get back on her feet Somewhere along the way I think I forgot The girl was only ever written that way [Chorus] Maybe the world was supposed to save her And we had the prophecy backwards All this time We put the whole world in her hands Like she was made to carry us I hear that line now And I can't hear it the same [Hook] Save the cheerleader, save the world God, we had it wrong way around We put the whole world on one girl When the world should've held her somehow Wrong way around All this time She wasn't ours to save the world The world was supposed to save her. [Chorus] Maybe the world was supposed to save her And we had the prophecy backwards All this time We put the whole world in her hands Like she was made to carry us I hear that line now And I can't hear it the same Save the cheerleader Save the world What if we got her part wrong? [Outro Verse] A week ago she couldn't die Funny what your mind believes When the credits roll and real life doesn't. [End]
