[Intro] [Distorted Guitar] [Heavy Bass] My old man said "Stay where you belong" But this town felt dead Long before I was born [Verse 1] Seventeen years On a dead-end street Same old faces Same old heat Factories dying Stores boarded shut Dreams getting buried Under bad luck Every Friday night Was the same damn scene Cheap beer Fast cars And broken dreams I stared at the highway Past the county line Thinking maybe there's a world That ain't trying to die [Pre-Chorus] I heard a voice Way out there Calling my name Through the static air [Chorus] This is the game No rules No chains One life One shot No brakes This is the game Burn fast Burn bright Get lost Get found Survive the night [Verse 2] First time overseas Everything changed Different streets Different language Different names City lights dancing Like electric rain Everybody moving Like they got no shame That's where I met her Black dress Dark eyes Half danger Half paradise She laughed when I told her Where I came from Said: "You got a lot to learn, American." [Chorus] This is the game No rules No chains One life One shot No brakes This is the game Burn fast Burn bright Get lost Get found Survive the night [Verse 3] Red neon glowing Down narrow streets Music pouring From clubs I couldn't sleep in Whiskey Smoke Midnight crowds Everybody chasing something Nobody slowing down Some found love Some found trouble Some found both At the same damn time And somewhere in the madness I stopped being the boy Who left Massachusetts behind [Bridge] [Half-Time] Every road Leads somewhere Every scar Leaves a mark Every kiss Every fight Every wrong turn In the dark [Breakdown] GO! GO! GO! RUN LIKE HELL GO! GO! GO! BREAK THE SPELL THIS AIN'T HEAVEN THIS AIN'T HOME BUT IT'S THE FIRST DAMN PLACE I EVER FELT ALIVE [Final Chorus] This is the game No rules No chains One life One shot No brakes This is the game Burn fast Burn bright Get lost Get found Survive the night [Outro] [Clean Guitar] Some people stay Some people run Some people spend forever Trying to become someone I left home Looking for a life And somewhere along the way The game found me...
