Here we are waiting, we have said all our goodbyes Two first class tickets to a train that's passed us by But it feels like moving on now We saw them sailing, so we ran towards the shore The piers were all empty, they don't stop here anymore But it feels like moving on now The planes left without us and we couldn't make them stop But though we're stranded I've given up on giving up 'Cause it feels like moving on now We forgot to remember how delightfully tender it can be 'Cause they spoke of the past, why those days couldn't last Happiness in past tense Well, they've been pulling your leg again But please stop fooling yourself We'll move on, leave this town where they drag you to the ground And you'd say there were days when the light shone all around Well, that sun has come up and I don't know who to fight It's not getting any worse, it's just different and we leave tonight We were young and full of hope then with the big decisions happily postponed If you don't know what you want then you can end up with a lot of things you don't Now they're tearing down the only town we've known Well, the Roman Empire crumbled, they had yet to learn the laws of gravity But the apple that doesn't wish to be eaten will eventually someday fall off the tree Now they're tearing down the forest and here is the open sky Out here there's no place to hide We dreamed of a better life We dreamed of another life We dreamed of a better life We dreamed of another life At least we could try to try I watched as those planes flew by