You told me that your 20 years have gone by much too fastnAnd you've been hoping this year will be better than the lastnYou said you've been waging a war against the loneliest of nightsnWith the strongest drinks and longest lines, it's not that big of a surprisenThat you're feeling more dead than alivenYou're feeling more dead than alivennSo I'll let you know if you neednSomewhere to gonI'll be listening when you callnAnd I'll be there if you fall offnIf you need someone to believe in you I'll let you know I willnnYou said the hole in your head has gotten bigger than the whole that's in your chestnAnd you're stuck between the past and present tensenSaid you've been waging a war against so many years of liesnWith stronger drinks and longer lines, it's not that big of a surprisenThat you're feeling more dead than alivenYou're feeling more dead than alivennSo I'll let you know if you neednSomewhere to gonI'll be listening when you callnAnd I'll be there if you fall offnIf you need someone to believe in you I'll let you know I willnnBut sometimes you've gotta let it gonnSo this pen is starting to becomenA pipe bomb and these songsnHave turned to anthems againnTo everything that's changed and to everything that's gone awaynHere are my condolences to the future I never metnIt's gone and never coming backnIt's never coming backnSo don't hold onto your pastnYou've gotta let it gonn'Cause friends leave as time fades awaynThe people and the places along the waynWithout a doubtnScrews fall in and screws they fall outnnTomorrow's gone up in smokenAnd I wonder when I'm alonenWhere did my convictions go?nSo to everyone that's gone awaynOr fades away or stays the samenHere are my apologies to the person that I used to benBefore I burned down every bridge and every inchnOf everything I used to knownI gotta let it gonnFriends leave as time fades awaynThe people and the places along the waynSo don't hold onto your pastnNo, it's never coming backnYou've gotta let it go