I saw this old friend at the Everly bar
They fed and cheated him so well
A heart so cold, and words so blue
In the petty home from hell

He said if I could tell you one thing I'd tell you this
There's only one mistake that I have made
Is giving up the music in my fingertips
By trying to get to heaven through my veins

All our lives
I watched you search beneath the falling skies
This was no path to glory
You always walked before me
But you came back to warn me
All our lives

I saw this woman with tears in her eyes
Driving beside me yesterday
She turned her head, then I turned mine
And I watched her drive away

I thought if I could tell her something I'd tell her this
There's only two mistakes that I have made
It's running from the people who could love me best
And trying to fix the world that I can't change

All our lives
I watched you search beneath the falling skies
This was no path to glory
You always walked before me
But you came back to warn me
All our lives

I remember being young and staring at my hands
In the middle of the night, the first light from morning
Nothing I could change, force it down the hall
It's buried there now, but sometimes you don't want to know
And now that I'm older I can tell you this
The mornings I miss but I don't really miss the voices
You've got a choice, I've got the hands
Skeletons and plans, you've got to let them go

All our lives
I watched you search beneath the falling skies

All our lives
I watched you search beneath the falling skies
This was no path to glory
You always walked before me
But you came back to warn me
All our lives