American Dreams

I’ve been searching for something to hold onto

And I’ve been dying for a chance to take the reigns

But my purple mountain majesty

Always seems to go up in flames

Go up in flames

I’ve been dying just to hold your hand

It’s taken me so long to understand

Just how it works out

When everything comes to an end

We’re always runnin’ like it’s some big race

I try so hard but can’t keep up the pace

And now I’m stuck here

And I’m longing to escape

And we run so far. We run forever

We run so fast that we can’t stop

So come on! Come on! You know you’ll never see it unless

Someone! Someone’ll give you something meaningful

And make you feel like you’re alive

I can’t believe that it’s been so damn long

For me to sit down and write out this song

It’s always stuck there

In the back of my own head (in the back of my own head)

Lets fly away and never come back now

With no more setbacks that make me cry out

“Where is the love?”

The kind that really lasts

And we run so far. We run forever

We run so fast that we can’t stop

So come on! Come on! You know you’ll never see it unless

Someone! Someone’ll give you something meaningful

And make you feel like you’re alive

Oh baby come on and kiss me like you mean it

‘Cause we’re only here for so long. Lets just keep breathing

We can make our own dreams come alive

We can make our own dreams come alive

We can’t let such a lifetime go to waste

I wanna wake up everyday and see your face

And I never wanna hold you back]

You’re like a star that needs to shine

Forever and always

For always

I’ve been searching for something to hold onto (I’m always reaching for the stars)

And I’ve been dying for a chance to take the reigns (and here I fight for something)

More to life (than what I ever thought)

There’s more to life (than making money)

If we ever get out of here

If we ever get out of here

Home is where the heart is

So come on! Come on! You know you’ll never see it unless

Someone! Someone’ll give you something meaningful

And make you feel like you’re alive

Oh baby come on and kiss me like you mean it

‘Cause we’re only here for so long. Lets just keep breathing

We can make our own dreams come alive

We can make our own dreams come alive