Stand up straight and close your eyes Don't look now the evening sun has burned through everyone We're silhouettes, we're dark as night Why'd we let the sunshine in when we began Burned through our hearts and all our plans But if you don't try you might just succeed at nothing Sometimes failure requires a certain effort Sparks fly past your averted eyes So love just comes and goes Hold your hand up to the sky If you could you'd gather every star you'd ever wished on Interrogating every one Why'd they have to let you down when You'd confided all you want is love to light you up But if you don't try you might just succeed at nothing Sometimes failure requires a certain effort Sparks fly past your averted eyes So love just comes and goes Now when you look at the stars are you just thinking about How long ago they burned out When you're so far away it takes time to see change These things are bigger than we are And if you'd try this might just amount to something There's still danger in never getting hopes up again Sparks fly and love may come and go but Your light's much brighter than you know Don't try, you might just succeed at nothing Sometimes failure requires a certain effort Sparks fly past your averted eyes And love just comes and goes