A life about to begin After 25 years, you're just getting over the spin Of what this world will leave you in Now I'm feeling hopeless again A son, a brother, a lover and my friend Prematurely meets the end Who gets to decide Why his life's over and I get to live mine? A thousand things left behind Leave a thousand ways to look inside that beautiful mind ♪ Church and steeple, five hundred people They turned up right on time Congregation spills outside onto Harris Drive The crowed pews staring at their shoes With their loved ones sat beside Harvest moon fills the skies and his mother's eyes Who gets to decide Why his life's over and I get to live mine? A thousand things left behind Leave a thousand ways to look inside that beautiful mind ♪ The cars don't move 'cause the avenue's all lined with suits and ties Tryna find our way inside Tryna say our last goodbyes Trying to understand why they took that beautiful mind