Life of the Party
Matt & Toby Lyrics

I picked up an old acoustic
Picked up an old guitar I thought I knew how to play

Thought my hands knew how to use it
Assumed my hands still had the muscle memory from when I used to play

But these days aren't like the old ones
Present day is different from the old days

Or the songs we sang on the long way home
Songs that accompanied us on long car rides back in the day

I sat back down beside that girl who was texting
Sat beside a girl who was caught up in her phone

And laughed out loud over obsessions with next things
Chuckles escaped us as we talked about being obsessed with the next best thing

And how every good song has the words
Acknowledgment that every good song has a great story or message behind it

Tonight, take back and burn
Reclaim the night and live it up

By your side, miss the way, and I will never learn
By your side, nostalgic for the past, and I'll never be able to learn from that

So if there's nothing new to say
When there is nothing new to talk about

Then let's just say it all again tonight
Let's talk about everything and anything tonight, no matter how much we've talked about it before

We had the best times of our lives
The past was filled with unforgettable memories

Let's do it all again, take back my place
Relive those moments and go back to our happy place in life

There by your side and never let it end
Stay by your friend's side and never let the good times end

The hours passed like days
Time flew by and every moment felt like a day

The nights were our escape
At night, we escaped the world and its problems

We held onto our friends
We held onto the people who matter most

And made a couple million mistakes
We made countless mistakes along the way

We were so reckless and young
We were young and oblivious to the consequences of our actions

Go get your CD case, let's drive around this town
Retrieve your CD collection and drive around the town while listening to music

And sing Dashboard at the top of our lungs
Scream out the lyrics to Dashboard at the top of our lungs

I still remember my parents divorcing
The memory of my parent's divorce is still fresh in my mind

It took ten long years of the back and forth thing
Their divorce was a long, drawn-out process

Finally I saw it in my mother's eyes
I finally saw the pain and hurt in my mother's eyes

A road you can choose that you can't come back from
A path you can take that has no return

And the words you can say to add some traction
Words you can use to help the situation

But it's what you didn't say that keeps you awake
It's the things you didn't say that haunt you and cause sleepless nights

We tell ourselves it's late and save it all for another day
We convince ourselves that it's too late and decide to delay the conversation until a later time

Could it be that we're one and the same?
Is it possible that we are very similar?

(I want to be real)
(I want to be authentic)

The world never showed but it gave us a name
The world may not have provided an identity, so we created our own

(To feel brand new)
(To feel refreshed)

That hole in your heart is the same shape as mine
The emotional emptiness you feel in your heart is similar to the one I feel in mine

(To talk like friends)
(To converse like friends)

The piece has gone missing that filled up our lives
The piece that made life whole and satisfying is gone

(And laugh with you)
(And share laughter with you)

I'll stand here and I'll take the worst
I'll do whatever it takes to handle the situation

But the song was my own and I sang every verse
Although the experience was shared, I handled it in my own way

I'm giving myself up, there's no where to run
I'm surrendering and accepting the situation for what it is without any other options

If just for one night, forget all our pride and have fun
If only for tonight, let's set aside any pride or ego and enjoy ourselves

I want to go back to the life of the party
I want to return to the time where the party never seemed to end