Slow Death Hymn
2000 was fired out from a canon
The neighbors shot up at the lamps
We piled in the street and stood for our anthems
On top of the cars with bottles in hand
This year crept up, who could see it coming?
No one saw the signs if any were there
The distant funeral march is drummin'
"I'll take life, don't care if it's fair!"
Read too many tales with terrible endings
Gods and machines that get in the way
You thought we were home, turns out we were rentin'
Until I' am gone I'm here to stay
Taken away our friends, our lovers
By cancer, heroin, tragedy
It's not the wakes I'm worried over
It's knowing we have to go to sleep
If it's a highway
I am trying just to drive
I am trying just to drive
Stay awake and stay alive
If it's a highway
I want you there at the side
I want you there at the side
Still awake and still alive
The songs we thought we'd have to bury
We faced them head-on right away
Every reason to cry, not one to worry
Drive faster and further is my only change
So tattoo our arms and raise our glasses!
Call out your names its new year's eve
And maybe next time we lay out a casket
We say "At least the story's complete"
If it's a highway
I am trying just to drive
I am trying just to drive
Stay awake and stay alive
If it's a highway
I want you there at the side
I want you there at the side
Still awake and still alive
If it's a highway
I am trying just to drive
I am trying just to drive
Stay awake and stay alive
If it's a highway
I want you there at the side!
I want you there at the side
Still awake and still alive!
The neighbors shot up at the lamps
We piled in the street and stood for our anthems
On top of the cars with bottles in hand
This year crept up, who could see it coming?
No one saw the signs if any were there
The distant funeral march is drummin'
"I'll take life, don't care if it's fair!"
Read too many tales with terrible endings
Gods and machines that get in the way
You thought we were home, turns out we were rentin'
Until I' am gone I'm here to stay
Taken away our friends, our lovers
By cancer, heroin, tragedy
It's not the wakes I'm worried over
It's knowing we have to go to sleep
If it's a highway
I am trying just to drive
I am trying just to drive
Stay awake and stay alive
If it's a highway
I want you there at the side
I want you there at the side
Still awake and still alive
The songs we thought we'd have to bury
We faced them head-on right away
Every reason to cry, not one to worry
Drive faster and further is my only change
So tattoo our arms and raise our glasses!
Call out your names its new year's eve
And maybe next time we lay out a casket
We say "At least the story's complete"
If it's a highway
I am trying just to drive
I am trying just to drive
Stay awake and stay alive
If it's a highway
I want you there at the side
I want you there at the side
Still awake and still alive
If it's a highway
I am trying just to drive
I am trying just to drive
Stay awake and stay alive
If it's a highway
I want you there at the side!
I want you there at the side
Still awake and still alive!
Credits
Writer(s): Petersen Erik F
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