Lie In Our Graves

Album: Crash (1996)
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  • Oh, when I step into the light
    My arms are open wide
    When I step into the light
    My eyes searching wildly
    Would you not like to be
    Sitting on top of the world with your legs hanging free
    Would you not like to be okay, okay, okay?

    When I'm walking by the water
    Splish-splash me and you takin' a bath
    Oh, when I'm walking by the water
    Comes up through my toes to my ankles, to my head, to my soul
    And I'm blown away

    When I'm walking by the water
    Splish-splash me and you takin' a bath
    When I'm walking by the water
    Comes up through my toes to my ankles, to my head, to my soul
    And I'm blown away

    I can't believe that we would lie in our graves
    Wondering if we had spent our living days well
    I can't believe that we would lie in our graves
    Dreaming of things that we might have been

    Would you not like to be
    I can't believe that you would not like to be okay, okay, okay
    Okay, okay, okay Writer/s: Boyd C. Tinsley, Carter A. Beauford, David John Matthews, Leroi H. Moore, Stefan K. Lessard
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Brandon from South Bend, InThe very end of the song, after the jam, is the best part... "I can't believe we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well"
  • Cody from Austin, TxIn the middle of the song when you hear talking, it is actually a recording of the band playing ping pong.
  • Dave from Jeffersonville, InYes, definitely a treat musically and lyrically. The carpe diem theme is a common one in dmb songs. I like the idea above that the audible background banter during the musical interlude represents mourners at the one's wake/funeral.
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