I met a girl last night and she reminded me of me

I was seventeen and fucking green

And for a minute, I had it figured out

Now I'm driving through the valley lost

Thinking, "How much did it cost to get here?"

4.59 A gallon

Don't know how the hell this happened

Mm-mm-mm

Mm-mm-mm

It's not at all what I imagined

Maybe life is a goddamn staircase

You think you're close, but you're so far away

From being happy, but, man, that's okay

'Cause we go up and come down the same way

Like mm-mm-mm

Mm-mm-mm

Hey, yeah

Mm-mm-mm

Mm-mm-mm

Hey, yeah

I bought a house in Venice

And I'm living on the second floor

Guess I'm closer to Heaven

Now I miss my sisters twice as much

And every day that passes by

I'm scared to live and scared to die

I wanna laugh, I wanna cry

I woke up at 3 AM last night thinking

Maybe life is a goddamn staircase

You think you're close, but you're so far away

From being happy, but, man, that's okay

'Cause we go up and come down the same way

Like mm-mm-mm

Mm-mm-mm

Hey, yeah

Mm-mm-mm

Mm-mm-mm

Hey, yeah

Yeah, I've just been feeling, like, super fucking unhappy, you know?

Yeah, she told me to chill out

I know, none of it matters

I just get so worked up about dumb things

Everything is dumb

Maybe life is a goddamn staircase

You think you're close, but you're so far away

From being happy, but, man, that's okay

'Cause we go up and come down the same way