We've been on earth too long Good God, please strike us down We used to roam around With friends together through the town But that was so long ago And now the world has changed My friends don't look the same Packed and moved away and I've not seen them since the day We lost hope so long ago Born two blocks apart I'm sorry I stole your heart But in my defense Yeah, I was full of innocence And you took that away from me But now the world has changed My first love got engaged Oh how much I hoped That one day we would elope And the rest would be history 8 years since I've been clean I can't explain what it means Or the hopeful effect that it has It's time to close the book And burn it up for good Is this how it ends? How it ends How it ends How it ends How it ends 8 years since I've been clean I can't explain what it means Or the hopeful effect that it has It's time to close the book And burn it up for good This is how it ends How it ends.