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  • When did we forget

  • All the crazy things that made us feel so part of it?

  • Our youth, so confident

  • We played our heartstrings

  • Not caring if it ends

  • Try to learn to let go of all those things that tie you down

  • Get rid of it, the voice inside that tells me that

  • I'm scared, yeah, scared as shit

  • But I wanna let go of it now

  • So someone tell me

  • Why so serious?

  • Why are we so serious?

  • Oh, why so serious?

  • When did we get like this?

  • I still remember we weren't grown up like this

  • Oooh, oh

  • I don't seem to get all the things that are happening

  • And I can't make sense of everything that's inside my head

  • But I keep on thinking, there's gotta be something said

  • Oh, seems we've lost it

  • That spark inside that tells us it's all nonsense

  • Stop being so cautious

  • With every mistake there comes a lesson learned

  • So someone tell me

  • Why so serious? (Serious)

  • Why are we so serious?

  • Oh, why so serious? (Serious)

  • When did we get like this?

  • I still remember we weren't grown up like this

  • Oooh, oh

  • Why so serious? (Serious)

  • Why are we so serious?

  • Oh, why so serious? (Serious)

  • Can someone tell me

  • Did we forget about

  • Living with no regrets?

  • Oooh, oh

  • I wanna live in the now

  • I'm not gonna live in the past

  • Don't wanna care about what-ifs

  • 'Cause what if those things don't last?

  • And I wanna live with no regrets

  • I wanna live in the now

  • I'm not gonna live in the past

  • Don't wanna care about what-ifs

  • 'Cause what if those things don't last?

  • And I wanna live with no regrets

  • So someone tell me

  • Why so serious?

  • Why so serious? (Serious)

  • Why are we so serious?

  • Oh, why so serious? (Serious)

  • When did we get like this?

  • I still remember we weren't grown up like this

  • Oooh, oh

  • Why so serious? (Serious)

  • Why are we so serious?

  • Oh, why so serious? (Serious)

  • Can someone tell me

  • Did we forget about

  • Living with no regrets?

When did we forget

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confident

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cautious

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learn

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nonsense

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  • To travel or move toward a particular place; To go in a particular direction
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  • To lead or be responsible for something
  • noun
  • Counter for the number of cattle
  • Natural mental ability or intelligence
  • Leader or person with the greatest authority
  • Mind; mental ability; mental state
  • Side of a coin with a head on it
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