Die Young

from The Evidence by Paul Bethers

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Storefront lights outshine the stars tonight, but I'll do without
'Cause Katie's home from school and says she'd like us to hang out
And the word's out there's a party at some old friend's parents' house
Man, we are so surrounded, and these grounds are stomped right out
The streetlights stretching up and out as far as I can see
Skipping town, we're gridlocked down in my car, just you and me
But if we can't break these chains tonight, they're lifetime guaranteed
Do you want to die young?

The homes that line the streets fall down like dominoes to fate
Their ruins in my rearview mirror so overgrown and gray
The princess in my passenger seat so desperate for escape
Her mother works late nights, and Dad just drinks his days away
And heaven knows it hurts her in a way she can't convey
She says, "Promise me we'll persevere and won't wind up that way"
Well, Kate, this world is cruel, but we're too cool for it to claim
Baby, we'll die young

Every mile we log feels like a last-chance dance with death
Every tunnel we pass under, Katie holds her breath
And holds her arms like wings to soar from the sadness and the regrets
And the gravity of truths to which we two cannot confess
For now it's just Kate's smile, the silent stillness of the dawn
I don't know how far we'll go or how long we'll hold on
But when the magic starts to fade from our made-up runaway song
We'll just die young
I swear we'll die young

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from The Evidence, released March 19, 2013

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