Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh Only sound, only sound that you hear is no You never saw it coming Slipped when you started running And now you've come undone and I, I, I, I Seen you fall, seen you crawl on your knees, eh eh Seen you lost in a crowd, seen your colors fade Wish I could make it better Some day you won't remember This pain you thought would last forever and ever There you'll stand, ten feet tall I will say, I knew it all along You eyes wider than distance This life is sweeter than fiction Just a shot, just a shot in the dark, oh oh All you got, all you got are your shattered hopes They never saw it coming You hit the ground running And now you're onto something, I, I, I say What a sight, what a sight when the light came on Proved me right, proved me right when you proved them wrong And in this perfect weather It's like we don't remember The rain we thought would last forever and ever There you'll stand, ten feet tall I will say, I knew it all along You eyes wider than distance This life is sweeter than fiction There you'll stand, next to me All at once, the rest is history You eyes wider than distance This life is sweeter than fiction I'll be one of the many saying Look at you now, look at you now, now I'll be one of the many saying You made us proud, you made us proud, proud I'll be one of the many saying Look at you now, look at you now, now I'll be one of the many saying You made us proud, you made us proud, proud And then they call your name and we Put your picture in a frame You now that I'll be there time and again 'Cause I loved you when, when you Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh Only sound, only sound that you heard was no Now in this perfect weather It's like we don't remember The rain we thought would last forever and ever There you'll stand, ten feet tall I will say, I knew it all along You eyes wider than distance This life is sweeter than fiction There you'll stand, next to me All at once, the rest is history You eyes wider than distance This life is sweeter than fiction Is sweeter than fiction Is sweeter, yeah Is sweeter, is sweeter Sweeter than fiction