When they shut me down Turn out all the lights and then there's not a sound No breath When my lungs give out Softer is the beat of my heart and now I'm dead How many times must a thought cross my mind Of my final breath, I can't afford death How many lives do we get to live Yet this voice will only live in this head Who's gonna shut me down And when my body's broken down Will you ever hear my voice again? Suddenly fading now Time will turn us all into dust No one lives on When they shut it down When they shut you down Life comes around Like a passing train over horizons, then it's gone How many lines could I write Until there's no more to last in the words I sing to you Who's gonna shut me down And when my body's broken down Will you ever hear my voice again? Suddenly fading now Time will turn us all into dust No one lives on When they shut you down All I know We've got this one life to live, you know So don't let go When tomorrow comes around It could be the day they shut you down Who's gonna shut me down And when my body's broken down Will you ever hear my voice again When they shut me down