There are worse ways I could have felt alive
Than living seventeen minutes in every five
Staring down adult Ben with fear in his eyes
With simple 'trust me's and 'it'll be alright's
Because being's the only present tense of 'has been'
Because being's the only way to earn something to be

Yeah, excelling in a world with its sister apart
Through a social separation of science and art
Then fifteen years and a hole near the heart
Made my fingers and throat hurt and anarchy start
These stupid mistakes killed off who I should have become
These stupid mistakes are the smartest things that I've done

'Cause right comes down to what you want to believe
I believe in love and I believe in need
Tell me that's a waste
Tell me that's a waste
The smartest choice is the hardest to make
But it's ok now, 'cause facts are easy to fake
Tell me that's a waste

Ten years down and I've got friends out there
Who've only changed the world by maybe changing their hair
Never fallen down sick with their fist in the air
Or heard a hundred people cheer when their soul gets bared
The best day? Can you believe it was every one?
The best day? What if it's just begun?

'Cause right comes down to what you want to believe
I believe in love and I believe in need
Tell me that's a waste
Tell me that's a waste
The smartest choice is the hardest to make
But it's ok now, 'cause facts are easy to fake
Tell me that's a waste

The best day? Can you believe it was every one?
The best day? What if it's just begun?

'Cause right comes down to what you want to believe
I believe in love and I believe in trees
Tell me that's a waste
Tell me that's a waste

What I want from life changes day to day
The biggest lesson I've learned is that that's ok
The goals have changed but the passion's stayed
And I can't keep diaries anyway
And right now, trying to stay in time
And right now, lost in another line

Back to life, resuscitated, stripped of all the things we hated
This is the best way that I've found
And we will never die by serious, and we will give up on success to make you smile
So stand up and be proud of the person you have become, take a risk and shout it loud to the person you think you love
Whoa, Luigi, hero of my misspent youth, never one for being cool
I'll give it out, but not too soon, I'll call this out to get through, it's not in vain or self-doubt, before your action times out

Hindsight shows how it all worked out
I'm still a stupid kid prone to running his mouth
Debbie moved out, but I'm ok and Frank's still sick of hearing how my family's changed
I still have dreams that I make into songs
And it still means more when my friends sing along
The girls still suck from time to time
But Joe found a better one, yeah he's still alive
Yeah, it's still for love and it's still to learn
Still nearly died on the same right turn
Still unhealthy, but we don't care
The kebab man won, because life's not fair
I still love Christmas because of my friends
We still break out that rap every now and again
I love this mess and I'm damn sure
I'll still love it again after fifteen more

'Cause right comes down to what you want to believe
I believe in love and I believe in need
Tell me that's a waste
The smartest choice is the hardest to make
But it's ok now, 'cause facts are easy to fake
Tell me that's a waste
Tell me that's a waste