What It Is

The flame on a cigarette Burns through each regret But it still has time To set the world on fire Losing a loved one hurts Can't put it into words You'd trade a thousand years For one more day to have them here Freefall, you lose your breath Bucket list gets another check You can't ever stop The seconds on the clock Even the stars fade Gotta hold on to every day You never know when it'll be your last It goes so fast Everything comes to an end Gotta roll with what you get And there's no changing it That's just the way it is (The way it is) The way it is (The way it is) The way it is (The way it is) The way it is (The way it is) The way it is The leaves on a redwood tree Take flight inside a breeze And they drift away To find a resting place The frames on a well-built house Eventually give out Nothing lasts forever Even when you're holding on Leaving your younger days Trading years for another age But you learn a lot The longer that you walk Last chorus of a song Another minute 'til it's gone That first time feeling hearing it Only happens once Everything comes to an end Gotta roll with what you get And there's no changing it That's just the way it is It is what it is It's not what it's not Everything's gonna come to an end It's just the way it is It is what it is It's not what it's not Everything's gonna come to an end It's just the way it is (The way it is) The way it is (The way it is) The way it is (The way it is) The way it is (The way it is) The way it is It is what it is It's not what it's not Everything's gonna come to an end It's just the way it is It is what it is It's not what it's not Everything's gonna come to an end It's just the way it is