We have been sleeping with the lights on
  Just about every night
  Because we are afraid of 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 visible 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