[INTRO] [TAPE HISS] [DISTANT ELECTRIC GUITAR] [LOW ANALOG SYNTH PULSE] [DRUM MACHINE BEGINS] [WHISPERED MALE VOICE] You ever wonder... if any of this stays? [PAUSE] Yeah... Me too. [BASS ENTERS] [HUGE LIVE DRUMS CRASH IN] [VERSE 1] There's a light in the window Of a house we used to know There's a name on the mailbox But the people come and go There's a song on the radio We haven't heard in years For a minute we're seventeen Like we never disappeared And I don't know where it all goes I don't know what remains But somewhere in the distance I can hear it call my name [PRE-CHORUS] We spend our lives Trying to leave something behind But maybe all we ever leave... Is time [CHORUS] AFTER WE'RE GONE Will they remember our names? AFTER WE'RE GONE Will anything stay the same? All of the nights All of the roads All of the places Nobody knows Maybe we're here Then suddenly not So give me everything... EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT! AFTER WE'RE GONE! [INSTRUMENTAL HOOK] [CHORUS GUITAR] [ANALOG SYNTH MELODY] [VERSE 2] There are pictures in a shoebox Faces fading into brown There are buildings we remember That somebody's tearing down There are friends we swore forever We haven't seen in years And the older that we're getting The faster they disappear But tonight the city's glowing And you're standing next to me Maybe nothing lasts forever Maybe that's why it means everything [PRE-CHORUS] We spend our lives Waiting for the perfect time Maybe all we've really got... Is tonight [CHORUS] AFTER WE'RE GONE Will they remember our names? AFTER WE'RE GONE Will anything stay the same? All of the nights All of the roads All of the places Nobody knows Maybe we're here Then suddenly not So give me everything... EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT! AFTER WE'RE GONE! [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] [DRUMS DRIVE HARDER] [BASS PULSES] [SYNTH AND GUITAR TRADE MELODIES] [GUITAR SOLO] [BRIDGE] [INSTRUMENTS DROP AWAY] [LOW SYNTH PULSE] Someday... Someone else will stand here Someone else will drive these streets Someone else will fall in love To songs that used to belong to me [PAUSE] And maybe that's alright Maybe that's the deal Nothing has to last forever... TO BE REAL [DRUMS EXPLODE] [FINAL CHORUS] AFTER WE'RE GONE! LET 'EM REMEMBER TONIGHT! AFTER WE'RE GONE! LET 'EM REMEMBER WE TRIED! Every mistake Every goodbye Every damn second We felt alive We didn't wait We didn't stop WE GAVE THIS LIFE... EVERYTHING WE GOT! AFTER WE'RE GONE! [BACKGROUND VOCALS] After we're gone! AFTER WE'RE GONE! [BACKGROUND VOCALS] After we're gone! Whoa-oh-oh! TURN IT UP! Whoa-oh-oh! ONE MORE TIME! Whoa-oh-oh! WE'RE STILL ALIVE! [EXTENDED OUTRO] [HUGE DRUMS] [DRIVING BASS] [CHORUS GUITAR RIFF] [ANALOG SYNTH MELODY] [LEAD VOCAL] Whoa-oh-oh! [BACKGROUND] After we're gone! [LEAD] Whoa-oh-oh! [BACKGROUND] After we're gone! [GUITAR SOLO BUILDS] [SYNTH JOINS GUITAR] [DRUM FILLS] [FINAL VOCAL] And if this is all we get... IT WAS ENOUGH! [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL EXPLOSION] [INSTRUMENTS SUDDENLY CUT] [TAPE HISS] [THE ORIGINAL SYNTH PULSE RETURNS] [ONE DISTANT GUITAR NOTE] [FADE TO SILENCE]
