This may not be entirely correct but when I break the song down verse by verse this is as close to exact as I can get to what he is singing in the song.
"I knew a boy that was swallowed by you sky,
by the flashing lights,
I knew a man that got lost in the big dull brew,
and came out alive,
I knew a boy, I knew a man that looked a lot like you
I knew a time you could stand still beside,
never rushing by,
I knew a place you can go where your head do explode,
into a piece of mind,
I knew a time, I knew place that felt a lot like you,
I knew boy, I knew a man who looked a lot, lot like you,
Just like you,
I knew a friend that would hold on to the flames,
keep them from burning you,
I knew a smile that could see through all of the stones,
that the world had thrown,
I knew a smile, I knew a friend that looked a lot like you,
I knew a boy, I knew a man who looked a lot like you."
This may not be entirely correct but when I break the song down verse by verse this is as close to exact as I can get to what he is singing in the song.
"I knew a boy that was swallowed by you sky, by the flashing lights,
I knew a man that got lost in the big dull brew, and came out alive,
I knew a boy, I knew a man that looked a lot like you
I knew a time you could stand still beside, never rushing by,
I knew a place you can go where your head do explode, into a piece of mind,
I knew a time, I knew place that felt a lot like you,
I knew boy, I knew a man who looked a lot, lot like you,
Just like you,
I knew a friend that would hold on to the flames, keep them from burning you,
I knew a smile that could see through all of the stones, that the world had thrown,
I knew a smile, I knew a friend that looked a lot like you,
I knew a boy, I knew a man who looked a lot like you."