Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck

Some nights I call it a draw

Some nights I wish that my lips could build a castle

Some nights I wish they’d just fall off



But I still wake up, I still see your ghost

Oh Lord, I’m still not sure what I stand for

What do I stand for? What do I stand for?

Most nights, I don’t know anymore



This is it, boys, this is war

What are we waiting for?

Why don’t we break the rules already?



I was never one to believe the hype

Save that for the black and white

I try twice as hard and I’m half as liked

But here they come again to jack my style

That’s alright



I found a martyr in my bed tonight

She stops my bones from wondering just who I am

Who I am, who I am

Oh, who am I?



Well, some nights I wish that this all would end

Cause I could use some friends for a change

And some nights I’m scared you’ll forget me again

Some nights I always win, I always win



But I still wake up, I still see your ghost

Oh Lord, I’m still not sure what I stand for

What do I stand for? What do I stand for?

Most nights, I don’t know



So this is it? I sold my soul for this?

Washed my hands of that for this?

I miss my mom and dad for this?

No. When I see stars

When I see stars, that’s all they are

When I hear songs

They sound like a swan, so come on

Oh, come on. Oh, come on. Oh come on!



Well, boys and girls that is all

Five minutes in and I’m bored again

Ten years of this, I’m not sure if anybody understands



This is not one for the folks at home

I’m sorry to leave, mom, I had to go

Who the fuck wants to die alone all dried up in the desert sun?



My heart is breaking for my sister

And the con that she called “love”

But when I look into my nephew’s eyes

Man, you wouldn’t believe

The most amazing things they can come from

Some terrible nights



The other night, you wouldn’t believe

The dream I just had about you and me

I called you up, but we’d both agree



It’s for the best you didn’t listen

It’s for the best we get our distance

It’s for the best you didn’t listen

It’s for the best we get our distance