It's not the pain, that I'm used to it It's feeling like I'm already dead I see from a ceiling of misty spirit Rising from a place in my head
And I never even get to go down Down in flames
I said, friend you have a life to see Why do you want to scare me so? All the suffering and mystery me I can't even pretend to know
So you never even get to go down Down in flames You never even get to go down Down in flames
We had plans to explore the stars Be rejected by stage door guards Mining for gold, the time unreels Not stifling behind Suburban wheels Not stifling behind Suburban wheels Yeah
The plan was to burn up when the air was clear We'd all wear our visors down Not from a spark in the atmosphere Not this man-sized hole in the ground Now your father's face is frozen between anger and tears You're mother's hair's amazingly gray And I'm seeing these friends for the first time in years It's icicle reunion day
And you never even get to go down Down in flames You never even get to go down Down in flames