Here's To Life

Album: Everything Goes Numb (2003)
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  • How did Camus really die that night?
    Were they right, when he died was it really his time?
    Or was it suicide?
    And Holden Caufield is a friend of mine
    We go drinking from time to time
    And I find: it gets harder every time

    Back off
    But your out on the street again
    Don't you stop
    Did you know you couldn't swim?
    Back off
    Until your on the street again
    I'm not gonna play if there ain't no way I'll win

    Well Hemmingway never seemed to mind the banality of a normal life
    And I find: it gets harder every time.
    So he aimed a shotgun into the blue
    Placed his face between the two and sighed: 'Here's to life!'

    Back off
    But your out on the street again
    Don't you stop
    Did you know you couldn't swim?
    Back off
    Until your on the street again
    I'm not gonna play if there ain't no way I'll win

    Hey there Salinger what did you do
    Just when the world was looking to you
    To write anything that meant anything
    You told us you were through
    And its been years since you passed away
    But I see no plaque and I see no grave
    And I can't help believing that you wanted it this way.

    And Vincent Van Gogh why do you weep?
    You were on your way to heaven but the road was steep
    And who was there to break your fall?
    We're guilty, one and all
    And I don't know much but I do know this
    With a golden heart comes a rebel fist
    But I can't help agreeing with those that would not quit

    And it makes me sick when I think of it
    All my heroes could not live with this
    And I hope you rest in peace because with us you never did
    And K.D.C you were much to young
    And you changed my life
    But I draw the line at suicide
    So here's to life! Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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