Pick yourself up, kid I can't bare the weight Pick your mood up, friend We don't have the time When you find someone We don't run away Pick yourself up, kid ♪ All those books in your head Is that all this really was? Just a role you play That you could hide behind Is it what you want? To bury yourself away Before your time goes I don't want a love that holds us back I don't want a life that I can't have 'Cause people need a melody to open their eyes Like a key to a memory frozen in time ♪ Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast? ♪ So pick yourself up, kid I can't bare the weight Let the light back in 'Cause you've been walking blind Now it's all on you Don't you let it fade Before your time goes I don't want a love that holds us back I don't want a life that I can't have 'Cause people need a melody to open their eyes Like a key to a memory frozen in time ♪ Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast?
The world moves It's been a little while since we've been together It's been a long time since we were young and wild, remember? When we were friends, remember? When we were lovers It's not too late, it was never too late ♪ People need a melody to open their eyes To a memory frozen in time ♪ Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast? ♪ People need a melody to open their eyes To a memory frozen in time ♪ I don't want a love that holds us back I don't want a life that I can't have I don't want a love that holds us back