I was hooked on it Hooked on the feeling of a summer in the south Hooked on the dust flying up from a plow Hooked on them blue eyes, hair falling down Hooked on her then, still hooked on her now So many things where I grew up Once you get a little, you

Like lightning, light, like lightning The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes Buy her tonight, she's still shining Darling, darling, doesn't have a problem Lying to herself 'cause her liquor's top shelf

(On my way) Now I'm on my way to the other side, I'll forget everything I left behind. These empty rooms, Are still filled with you. Away from you. I'm so tired and turned around and scared. I'm lying in empty beds again. We've been alright up to now,

Looking up for heaven And all their words for glory Well they always sounded empty When we're looking up for heaven When we're lying in the dirt There's no looking up for heaven Stories told to me And stories told to you Way down here upon the ground

Looking up for heaven And all their words were glory Well they all, they sounded empty When we're looking up for heaven When we're lying in the dark There's no looking up for heaven Stories told to me and stories told to you Way down here upon the ground

The fact that I can't deal It hurts to love you But I still love you It's just the way I feel And I'd be lying If I kept hiding It took thirteen beaches to find one empty In the ballroom of my mind Across the county line

Icarus is flying too close to the sun And Icarus's life, it has only just begun Your hands protect the flames From the wild winds around you This is how it feels to take a fall Icarus is flying towards an early grave Look who's digging their own grave

She is raging And so she woke up Woke up from where she was Lying still Said I gotta do something About where we're going Step on a steam train Step out of the driving rain, maybe Run from the darkness in the night

And I still believe in the good And I still believe in the light And I wanna feel the sun I wanna free you tonight Can anybody tell me why We're lying here on the floor And neither of us can barely breathe at all The doctor's saying hold on tight As we

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do And I don't wanna feel the way I do, but I like it And she want me to wife it But I'm undecided Look at all these sparks flying But I'm still indecisive No, I don't say it often And I probably should’ve told