Intro: There's an echo pulling out the meaning Rescuing a nightmare from a dream The voices in my head are always screaming That none of this means anything to me And it's a long way back from seventeen The whispers turn into a scream And I'm not coming home Save your breathe, I'm nearly Bored to death and fading fast Life is too short to last long Back on earth I'm broken Lost and cold and fading fast Life is too short to last long There's a stranger staring at the ceiling Rescuing a tiger from a tree The pictures in her head are always dreaming Each of them means everything to me And it's a long way back from seventeen The whispers turn into a scream And I'm not coming home Save your breathe, I'm nearly Bored to death and fading fast Life is too short to last long Back on earth I'm broken Lost and cold and fading fast Life is too short to last long Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh (2x) I think I met her at the minute that the rhythm was set down I said I'm sorry I'm a bit of a let down But all my friends are daring me to come over So I come over and over and over So let me buy you a drink and we'll pretend that you think That I'm the man of your dreams come to life in a dive bar And we'll go over and over and over And we'll go over and over and over... And we'll go over and over and over... ) And we'll go over and over and over... Save your breathe, I'm nearly ( Bored to death and fading fast Life is too short to last long Back on earth I'm broken Lost and cold and fading fast Life is too short to last long Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh (3x) Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Life is too short to last long Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh Ooh Oh (2x) Ooh Oh