We have been sleeping with the lights on

Just about every night

Because we are afraid what the dark might bring

I know I know it's just a childish fear

That grows and grows wild in the middle of me

I'm gonna get a new tattoo

Black and stretching around my arm

Like a life that is visable and real

I know I know it's stupid and immature

I just want to give shape to the face

That twists inside

Both you and me

Breathing fire - doesn't look good on a resume

Neither does anything else we do

We got to get ready for the real world

Yeah yeah we got to grow up

You know I like to die for awhile

Everyday in the afternoon

I like to let the arms of a bar

Wrap around me tight

I'm just going to sprawl in the front booth

Big drink above my head

Cross eyes and smiling as

I watch the world

Go twisting by

I don't want to die with you,

Or live in the same dark room

I don't want to see your bloodshot eyes

No more, no more

I just want to take this girl-

All curls and big brown eyes

Man I can't take the pain

Of wanting her, needing her

I know the secret of your soul

And I just don't want to know-

Yeah, man we got to grow up