Some Nights (song)

### Genre

pop, rock, teen pop, adult alternative, pop-rock, adult contemporary, alternative rock, alternative pop

### Writer

Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost, Nate Ruess, & Jack Antonoff

### Cover By

Some Nights by Vitamin String Quartet
Evolution of Music by Pentatonix
Some Nights by Peter Hollens
Some Nights by Glee Cast
Some Nights (The Voice Performance) by Christina Grimmie

## Production

### Engineer

Andrew Dawson
Pete Bischoff & Jeff Bhasker (additional)

### Mixing Engineer

Jeff Bhasker
Pawel Sek (assistant mix engineer)

### Other

AhHa by Nate Ruess (interpolates)

**Some Nights** is the second single and track from Fun.'s album of the same name. It was covered by the Glee cast, along with "We Are Young."

## Lyrics

[Chorus]

Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck

Some nights, I call it a draw

Some nights, I wish that my lips could build a castle

Some nights, I wish they'd just fall off

But I still wake up, I still see your ghost

Oh, Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh

(Oh-ooh-woah) What do I stand for?

(Oh-ooh-woah) What do I stand for?

Most nights, I don't know anymore

[Refrain]

Oh-woah, oh-ooh-woah-oh

Oh-ooh-woah-oh, oh-oh

Oh-woah, oh-ooh-woah-oh

Oh-ooh-woah-oh, oh-oh

[Verse 1]

This is it, boys, this is war

(Oh-woah, oh-ooh-woah-oh)

What are we waiting for?

(Oh-ooh-woah-oh, oh-oh)

Why don't we break the rules already?

I was never one to believe the hype

(Oh-woah, oh-ooh-woah-oh)

Save that for the black and white

(Oh-ooh-woah-oh, oh-oh)

Try twice as hard, and I'm half as liked

But here they come again to jack my style

[Bridge]

And that's alright (That's alright)

I found a martyr in my bed tonight

She stops my bones from wondering

Just who I, who I, who I am

Oh, who am I? Mmm, mmm

[Chorus]

Well, some nights, I wish that this all would end

'Cause I could use some friends for a change

And some nights, I'm scared you'll forget me again

Some nights, I always win (I always win)

But I still wake up, I still see your ghost

Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh

(Oh-ooh-woah-oh) What do I stand for?

(Oh-ooh-woah-oh) What do I stand for?

Most nights, I don't know

[Bridge]

(Oh, come on) So this is it?

I sold my soul for this?

Washed my hands of that for this?

I miss my mom and dad for this?

(Oh, come on) No, when I see stars, when I s-

When I see stars, that's all they are

When I hear songs, they sound like a swan

So come on, oh, come on, oh, come on

Oh, come on

[Verse 2]

Well, that is it, guys, that is all

(Oh-woah, oh-ooh-woah-oh)

Five minutes in, and I'm bored again

(Oh-ooh-woah-oh, oh-oh)

Ten years of this, I'm not sure if anybody understands

This one is not for the folks at home

(Oh-woah, oh-ooh-woah-oh)

Sorry to leave, Mom, I had to go

(Oh-ooh-woah-oh, oh-oh)

Who the fuck wants to die alone

All dried up in the desert sun?

[Bridge]

My heart is breaking for my sister

And the con that she called "love"

And then I look into my nephew's eyes

Man, you wouldn't believe

The most amazing things

That can come from

Some terrible nights

[Refrain]

Oh-woah, oh-ooh-woah-oh

Oh-ooh-woah-oh, oh-oh

Oh-woah, oh-ooh-woah-oh

Oh-ooh-woah-oh, oh-oh

[Outro]

The other night, you wouldn't believe

The dream I just had about you and me

I'd called you up, but we both agreed

It's for the best you didn't listen

It's for the best we gave our distance, oh

For the best, you didn't listen

It's for the best we get our distance, oh