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 
Someday 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" 
Your 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 on to 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" 
Your eyes, wider than distance 
This life is sweeter than fiction 

There you'll stand, next to me 
All at once, the rest is history 
Your eyes, wider than distance 
This life is sweeter than fiction (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 when they call your name 
And they put your picture in a frame 
You know 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 (forever) 

There you'll stand, ten feet tall 
I will say, "I knew it all along" 
Your eyes, wider than distance 
This life is sweeter than fiction 

There you'll stand, next to me 
All at once, the rest is history 
Your eyes, wider than distance 
This life is sweeter than fiction, fiction 

Sweeter than fiction, 
It's sweeter, yeah, 
It's sweeter, it's sweeter, 
Sweeter than fiction