(FIRST VERSE - INTRO)

Ever notice when the radio’s on
It keeps playin’ the same sad song
Ever notice when the party is raging
And your friends are actin’ crazy
There’s somethin’ more goin’ on

(FIRST CHORUS)

Ever notice
Yeah, ever notice
Ever notice in the darkness?
Notice, yeah
Ever notice, yeah
Ever notice?

(SECOND VERSE)

Ever notice when the class clown chuckles
There’s white on his knuckles
And his eyes look shot from drink
He’s been lookin’ for a friend by playin’ the butt end
But he knows what they really think
And it kills him

(REPEATED CHORUS)

Ever notice
Yeah, ever notice
Ever notice in the darkness?
Notice, yeah
Ever notice, yeah
Ever notice?

(THIRD VERSE)

There’s a lonely boy cryin’ in the corner
Starin’ in the mirror at his former self
Mouthing “hey there baby, I know this sounds crazy
But I’m thinkin’ ‘bout puttin’ a bullet in my head
Listen’ up honey, I know this sounds funny
But sit and keep me from puttin’ myself to bed”
The scars on his arms read lead
But he’s drowned out by he said she said

(REPEATED CHORUS)

Ever notice
Yeah, ever notice
Ever notice in the darkness?
Notice, yeah
Ever notice, yeah
Ever notice?

(FIRST BRIDGE)

What's the matter hun?
You say he's not the one?
You just need a little time to think
-
What's the matter son?
You just wanted to have fun?
But now you're dancin’ on the brink

(REPEATED CHORUS)

Ever notice
Yeah, ever notice
Ever notice in the darkness?
Notice, yeah
Ever notice, yeah
Ever notice?

(FOURTH VERSE)

Ever notice how the same sad song always gets it wrong
And you sit on your bed with thoughts in your head
That’ll never enter into someone else’s ears
And when you release them, you release them as tears
Or the lyrics to another sad song

(REPEATED CHORUS)

Ever notice
Yeah, ever notice
Ever notice in the darkness?
Notice, yeah
Ever notice, yeah
Ever notice?

(SECOND BRIDGE)

What’s the matter babe?
You say you're not okay?
It takes a crisis to make you feel safe
-
You see that boy over the there?
With the glasses and brown hair?
You just became his beauty queen to save

(REPEATED CHORUS - OUTRO)

Ever notice
Yeah, ever notice
Ever notice in the darkness?
Notice, yeah
Ever notice, yeah
Ever notice?

(END)