Death for My Birthday

Album: Say Anything (2009)
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  • Let me guide you through the story of a boy and his curse
    Tiny diamond in his stroller with his first step chasing the hearse
    Sippin' at a cup that's half way filled
    But looking forward to the day he pays that drinking bill

    There's no peace, there's no quiet on this earth
    He confided, nestled tightly in that womb beneath the dirt
    Hurt no more and when he turned 24
    He wrote a note to nail to God's front door that said

    I want death
    Death for my birthday
    I want death
    Death in the worst way
    I want death
    Death for my birthday

    Don't get me wrong cause..

    I love life
    But life has a boyfriend
    Bless my soul
    I'm out to destroy them
    I want death
    Death for my birthday

    For my birthday

    From the high paying job and the love of his life
    He rode a roller coaster ride of lust on their wedding night
    They made a baby in unmentionable ways
    He was ungrateful as a man could be on that blessed day

    And underneath he thought this is all a phase
    Just a blip in the existence of a structure vast and great
    Pray each night to his cross of a charm
    For the one thing he couldn't afford just to buy the farm

    I want death
    Death for my birthday
    I want death
    Death in the worst way
    I want death
    Death for my birthday

    Don't get me wrong cause..

    I love life
    But life has a boyfriend
    Bless my soul
    I'm out to destroy them
    I want death
    Death for my birthday

    For my birthday

    I'll never lose another friend again
    Or watch them start a war that's fought for ideals that are dead
    I'll never have an argument again

    Because my dust
    Will be your salt
    My blood will hydrate you off
    My heart will be your meal
    And I won't ride the cycle of the way it kills to think and feel
    No more, no

    I want death
    Death for my birthday
    I want death
    Death in the worst way
    I want death
    Death for my birthday

    Don't get me wrong cause..

    I love life
    But life has a boyfriend
    Bless my soul
    I'm out to destroy them
    I want death
    Death for my birthday

    For my birthday

    One sweet day his heart ceased to beat
    He fell so fast beneath all our feet
    Through bugs and snakes
    Last words he had to say were

    Help me claw my way to the surface
    Oh sweet lord you know I deserve this
    Just one more, just one more birthday Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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