That's The Way It Goes

# THE WAY IT GOES **[Intro — 8 sec unforgettable guitar riff]** **[Verse 1]** They shut the old place down last week Twenty years gone overnight A cardboard box, a final check That's what they gave you for your life Found your picture yesterday I almost threw the fucking thing away Funny how forever ends Without asking you a goddamn thing **[Pre-Chorus]** No warning No goodbye Sometimes you don't know it's over **TILL IT'S GONE FROM YOUR LIFE** **[CHORUS]** **THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!** You get close **THEN YOU LET GO!** Everything you swear you'll never lose Is something you can't hold **THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!** And nobody fucking knows One minute you've got everything— **NEXT MINUTE, THERE IT GOES!** **WHOA-OH-OH!** **THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!** **[Verse 2]** We used to swear we'd never change Now I forget some of their names Best friends turn to Christmas cards Then Christmas cards stop coming That old bar became a bank Our names got painted off the wall You don't know you're making memories **TILL THAT'S ALL THEY FUCKING ARE** **[Pre-Chorus]** No warning No goodbye Some things leave so quietly **YOU MISS 'EM YOUR WHOLE DAMN LIFE** **[CHORUS]** **THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!** You get close **THEN YOU LET GO!** Everything you swear you'll never lose Is something you can't hold **THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!** And nobody fucking knows One minute you've got everything— **NEXT MINUTE, THERE IT GOES!** **[Bridge — half-time, stripped down]** I spent years asking why Like somebody fucking owed me one But there ain't always a reason **SOMETIMES IT'S JUST FUCKING GONE** **[FINAL CHORUS — explode]** **THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!** You get close **THEN YOU LET GO!** I'd give anything for one more night With things I didn't know I'd lose **THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!** And now I finally know— **IT HURTS THIS FUCKING BAD** **BECAUSE IT MEANT THAT FUCKING MUCH!** **WHOA-OH-OH!** **THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!** **THE WAY IT GOES!** **[Opening guitar riff — HARD STOP]**