Intro (Prelude) - Paradise Fears

This is a call to arms for the poets that are inside of us

This is shedding our skin, and breaking the chains that are binding us

This is pictures of the truth

This is life in real time

All the words we always wanted but could never make them rhyme

This is the way that she looked

This is what I believe

This is the way it’s been and always will be

This is the war raging inside of me when I told you all that I was fine

You taught me never underestimate the power of ten thousand hearts that are

beating in time

This is for everyone still holding on to all the things they fucked up and all

the people they did wrong, all the songs they never sang

Our story’s still the same, but we’ve been holding it in so long

So Hallelujah amen, holy whatever, bless your soul

Because these are the words that set up the verses that let us free ourselves

through rock n' roll

This is music, this is spirit, this is passion if you’ll let yourself hear it.

Cause there’s mercy in the verse

A story in the chorus

A bridge to get over the sea of doubt before us

It’s all not perfect.

We need music to save us;

spinning the soundtrack to our

beautiful chaos

Imperfect existence: just grab it and own it and I swear to God you’ll have it

all in that moment

So take every picture of your perfect life…

You can splatter it with color and the paint will dry… You can throw it in

the air and you can watch it fly… Just for one last time squeeze it very,

very tight… And let it go