The Gray Parade (Live)

Whoever said I had the insight

Of the prophets or the old astronauts

I am just the older man tonight

Laying the flowers at the feet of all we've lost

Another walk up the neck again

It's so romantic, so hard to forget

We can particle or wave tonight

But you've got to let go all that light you're holding in

This is the last song that I will ever sing

These are the first words that I have had to give

And it feels like a poison when it's inside of you

You've got to push love out of your heart

If you want to live

All the ones we love are here tonight

And they're singing when the chorus comes around

We're all dancing in your candlelight

And we're praying at the altar that you found

Don't cry the name of another place

They're gone but there still living in your head

And it won't ever feel like they're erased

If you write down all the life you've lived instead

Hanging on to what you had

Will only burn away your hands forever

All the songs that made you sad

Are in the air and now you're feeling better

It's not the world that made you bad

It's just the gray parade