Lyrics

[Verse 1] I'm back from the dead, from the back of my head Been gone and facin' horrors that should never be said The wrath of the grit from the pit of despair Been takin' every whip and word, I've never been spared [Pre-Chorus] They say tomorrow's never promised, honest Yeah, they say that angels are among us [Chorus] Lock me up in a maze (Oh, oh, oh-oh) Turn out, turn out the lights (Oh, oh, oh-oh) I was born, I was raised for this (Oh, oh, oh-oh) Turn out the lights Lock me up inside a cage Just throw away the key, don't worry about me Drivin' in my car, throwin' up my hands, put it in coast [Post-Chorus] I could do this with my eyes closed Turn out, turn out the lights I could do this with my eyes closed Turn out, turn out the lights [Verse 2] Less medication, less manifestations Mantras, meditation, throw it all away All the places I've been, all the blood that I've bled I've been broken down and beat up but I still get ahead All the faceless embraces and the tasteless two faces Killed and resurrected 'cause I'll never be dead [Pre-Chorus] They say tomorrow's never promised, honest Yeah, they say piranhas are among us [Chorus] Lock me up in a maze (Oh, oh, oh-oh) Turn out, turn out the lights (Oh, oh, oh-oh) I was born, I was raised for this (Oh, oh, oh-oh) Turn out, turn out the lights (Oh, oh, oh-oh) Lock me up inside a cage (Oh, oh-oh) Just throw away the key, don't worry 'bout me I was drivin' in my car, throwin' up my hands, put it in coast [Post-Chorus] I could do this with my eyes closed Now turn out, turn out the lights I could do this with my eyes closed Turn out, turn out the lights [Bridge] And when the day broke, buried in violence Somethin' made my mind up I will spend these days as an island Alone and far away [Chorus] Lock me up in a maze (Oh, oh-oh) Now turn out, turn out the lights (Oh, oh, oh-oh) I was born, I was raised for this (Oh, oh, oh-oh) Turn out, turn out the lights (Oh, oh, oh-oh) Lock me up inside a cage (Oh, oh-oh) Just throw away the key, don't worry 'bout me Drivin' in my car, throwin' up my hands, put it in coast [Post-Chorus] I could do this with my eyes closed Turn out, turn out the lights I could do this with my eyes closed Now turn out, turn out the lights I could do this with my eyes closed [Spoken: Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, crowd] Thank you, merci Uh, one of my favorite bands growing up was uh Well, I had a lot of favorite bands but two of them that I really, really loved One was Weezer I felt that Weezer had these songs that were very serious at times And then, sometimes like, serious but tongue-in-cheek like you were in on joke And there was sarcasm, and there was interesting, uh, humor But a lot of the times if you actually read the lyrics they were pretty serious So it was this juxtaposition of humor and like uh, dark humor and- but serious Anyway The point is, I'm not a very humorous person So I tried to uh, (laughing) tried to write a song every once in a while that comes from a light place And then it always ends up if you read the lyrics being dark But I think this song's a happy song Oh yeah Right? Do you hear it as happy? I do No, be honest I do You do? Yeah We don't really talk about these things very much We should do this more We should do this every day Let's check in with each other Okay I- you don't think it's happy? Mmm Mixed feelings Let's sing it, and then we'll have them decide if it's happy or not Okay, you should teach it Oh yeah, yeah, do you want to sing a part with me? It's a very simple part- Okay, I'll show you Make it happy, guys Use your voices Very easy, very easy, this is not a big ask- 'kay, I'll show you, I'll show you [vocalizing] Okay, so you're gonna go So the chorus goes (whispering) So you're gonna go- okay, I'm gonna go "take me to the beach" And you're gonna go "ah-ah-ah" You can have the mountains (ah-ah-ah) You take the snow (ah-ah-ah) It's way too cold (ah-ah-ah) My- Not right there That's what this means [gesturing] That's the one place you don't do it There's- no matter what, every time we play this song, there's at least gonna three people that are gonna be like "ah-ah-ah" at that part But it's fine, 'cause it's a happy song, so it's fine Wayne still does it, y'know, but- (Yes I do) So it goes- so- Take me to the beach (ah-ah-ah) You can have the mountains (ah-ah-ah) You take the snow (ah-ah-ah) It's way too cold My heart is cold enough (ah-ah-ah) Push comes to shove (ah-ah-ah) You can have the mountains (ah-ah-ah) I'll take the beach That's it, so- [vocalizing], nothing-nothing-nothing, [vocalizing], nothing-nothing-nothing Okay (Alright) You got that? The power's in your hands (Yep)