I Opened a Bar

I opened a bar for all my friends
Who have no work and for the ones who do have work
To safely vomit what they've earned into the hall

Underneath the disco ball

I opened a bar for arctic plates
Where they can melt on microwaves
And I opened a bar for veterans
To chat about dismemberments
To smash some faces when they're bored
And raise their glass to presidents

Fall asleep before they're old

Today, today, hurray, hurray
I opened a bar

I opened a bar for my boyfriend
The one who always held my hand in public places when me drank
For him to wonderfully spend the night with this new lover
And whispering lyrics of romance that they can't write or understand
I will start a clever hashtag trend

Oh, we mostly grow by dying

Today, today, hurray, hurray
I opened a bar

I opened a bar for myself
A purely self-loving event
In case I suddenly fall ill and chemo will not take effect
Instead of spending weeks in bed attached to intravenous drips
And I have never taken drugs, so why start now?
Where I can climb the neon ads
From the street up to the top
An independent European
Who has never needed someone
To blow the whole thing up

Hurray, hurray, today, today
I opened a bar
A bar, a bar, a bar, a bar

Today, today, hurray, hurray
I opened a bar, a bar

I opened a bar for my mother
To explore when she discovers
That I passed and she may long for
A place to find the clues