Verse 1 Independent, that's how you view yourself Now that you're twentytwo, twentytwo If I could do it, I would stay young for you We could live inside a place Where we'd never have to face All the people who disgrace us And make us hide our face Verse 2 Busted and used, that's how you view your girl Now that she's twentytwo, twentytwo If I could do it, I would stay young for you We could live inside a place Where we'd never have to face All the people who disgrace us And make us hide our face Verse 3 If I could do it, I would fly into the sun I would become warm And I meant it when I said you're my favourite son With your finger that is reaching For the trigger of the gun And you know you've got to prove it To yourself and everyone I do not go quietly Into the night that calls me Even when I'm alone I do not go quietly Into the night that calls me Even when I'm alone Verse 4 If I could do it, I would take her in my arms I would unwrong all his wrongs I could stay here and write a thousand songs Just to show her that the stars Still come out behind the fog There's a light on in the lighthouse You can see it in the dark I do not go quietly Into the night that calls me Even when I'm alone I do not go quietly Into the night that calls me Even when I'm alone Bridge: (x2) I do not go quietly Into the night that calls me Even when I'm alone I do not go quietly Into the night that calls me Even when I'm alone I do not go quietly Into the night that calls me No, no, no, no, no