The Motivated Sequence - For the Ages Lyrics

A story that ends in breaking even
Ain't a story worth hearing
They want to hear you lost it all for a love that's worth losing
They want to hear you searched all your life
But there ain't nothing worth finding
They want to hear you did what they never could and loved someone like you should

So I'm putting it all on black
Give the people what they want to hear
That I found a love for the ages
Or a reason to disappear

They don't want to hear that you got old
Or how you thought that you never would
They wanna hear you died young chasing your heart
That you'd outrun it if you could
They wanna hear a fire burns in you
Not that you couldn't find the wood
You can live your life like a shot in the dark, but your aim better be good

I'm not here right now cause I'm outside the window
You can call me out but I think that we both know
That I know what you need
Just another shot to bleed

They want to hear you wrapped your arms around me
Or that I hit the whiskey
That I hit the road and got myself wrapped round a tree