When a good thing ends And you see it coming Your heels dig in As if you could slow it down All you get is White knuckles Hmm With a grip so tight You're giving him a reason To run and hide Now it's you who's left behind Here you are again with White knuckles The world keeps spinning And you're still in it You just get dizzy The clock, it won't stop ticking The world's not ending It just feels like it is But that's what happens when When a good thing ends When a good thing ends When a good thing ends And you try to play it cool But you're losing it Yeah, you miss the ignorance Put a blindfold on and Pray for oblivion Time won't wait for you It'll always feel too soon You can let it slip right through your fingers No need to let it linger so long The world keeps spinning (world keeps spinning) And you're still in it (you're still in it) You just get dizzy (dizzy, dizzy) The clock, it won't stop ticking The world's not ending (world's not ending) It just feels like it is But that's what happens when (happens when) When a good thing ends Hmm (world keeps spinning), when a good thing ends (You're still in it) (Dizzy, dizzy) Oh (world keeps spinning) Oh (world's not ending) When a good thing ends That's how you know What a good thing is