[Verse 1] I saw a sale sign in the window, red letters six feet tall They said I’d feel complete inside if I just bought it all A thousand tiny plastic dreams stacked up along the wall But nothing that they’re selling fits the emptiness I haul [Pre-Chorus 1] I’ve chased the glitter and the glare Filled up my closet, left my soul bare [Chorus] Things are just things, they don’t hold you at night They don’t call your name when you’re losing the fight You can pile them high ‘til you can’t see the sky But they won’t teach you how to live or how to die Things are just things, they break and they fade You can’t take them with you past the grave We trade our days for what the dollar brings But hearts aren’t healed by things, ’cause things are just things [Verse 2] I bought the phone, I bought the watch, I bought a borrowed life Still scrolling through a stranger’s feed, comparing every slice We worship little glowing gods that flicker in our hands While people right beside us drift away like grains of sand [Pre-Chorus 2] All of these trophies on my shelf Can’t even tell me who I am myself [Chorus] Things are just things, they don’t hold you at night They don’t call your name when you’re losing the fight You can pile them high ‘til you can’t see the sky But they won’t teach you how to live or how to die Things are just things, they break and they fade You can’t take them with you past the grave We trade our days for what the dollar brings But hearts aren’t healed by things, ’cause things are just things [Verse 3] They taught us on the TV screen that newer means you’re more That every door that really counts is in a shiny store But standing in the checkout line, I felt the quiet sting No barcode understands the weight of any human being [Pre-Chorus 3] We’re buying lies in pretty wraps Paying in joy we’ll never get back [Chorus] Things are just things, they don’t hold you at night They don’t call your name when you’re losing the fight You can pile them high ‘til you can’t see the sky But they won’t teach you how to live or how to die Things are just things, they break and they fade You can’t take them with you past the grave We trade our days for what the dollar brings But hearts aren’t healed by things, ’cause things are just things [Verse 4] My neighbor drives a faster car, his house is twice the size But every night his curtains close on tired, restless eyes We’re racing on a treadmill made of profit and of fear We’re bankrupt in the moments that could keep each other near [Pre-Chorus 4] How many paychecks will it take Before we see what’s real, what’s fake [Chorus] Things are just things, they don’t hold you at night They don’t call your name when you’re losing the fight You can pile them high ‘til you can’t see the sky But they won’t teach you how to live or how to die Things are just things, they break and they fade You can’t take them with you past the grave We trade our days for what the dollar brings But hearts aren’t healed by things, ’cause things are just things [Verse 5] I found an old box in the attic, dust on every prize Tickets, shoes, and faded clothes from other, younger lives I couldn’t even tell you why I’d fought to make them mine They’re monuments to moments lost I’ll never realign [Pre-Chorus 5] If all I’ve built is destined to rust What’s left when all returns to dust [Chorus] Things are just things, they don’t hold you at night They don’t call your name when you’re losing the fight You can pile them high ‘til you can’t see the sky But they won’t teach you how to live or how to die Things are just things, they break and they fade You can’t take them with you past the grave We trade our days for what the dollar brings But hearts aren’t healed by things, ’cause things are just things [Verse 6] So now I count my riches by the faces that I love By time I give away instead of numbers in a sum I’d rather have an empty room where laughter fills the space Than choke on all I never need in some designer cage [Pre-Chorus 6] I’m letting go, I’m traveling light With open hands into the night [Chorus] Things are just things, they don’t hold you at night They don’t call your name when you’re losing the fight You can pile them high ‘til you can’t see the sky But they won’t teach you how to live or how to die Things are just things, they break and they fade You can’t take them with you past the grave We trade our days for what the dollar brings But hearts aren’t healed by things, ’cause things are just things [Bridge] Strip it all away, what stays, what sings? A fragile human heart, not the weight of rings When the final light falls on everything Love is all that lasts, and things are just things
