In the long run it is clear that I will quit
this grisly business
that I will reify its grimness
that I will survive
When they ask what I accomplished
when they’re looking for a witness
don’t just look at them all witless
show them you’re still alive
When they write your life story
will it be a catalogue or guide
are you just along for the ride
is there anything else
Whatever paths you might have taken
whatever lives you have forsaken
could you have saved them if you tried
could have you saved yourself
In the long run it is clear that each and
every aching moment
was a tried and true proponent
of the inevitable end
When the time comes for the telling
whatever stories you find yourself selling
just don’t forget that time
life took its final revenge
When they write your life story
will it be a catalogue or guide
are you just along for the ride
is there anything else
Whatever paths you might have taken
whatever lives you have forsaken
could you have saved them if you tried
could have you saved yourself
Simply put I will forgive you
and though your crimes might still outlive you
it’s all right, if not tonight
there might be another chance
We float through life without ethics
and though they might have there methods
we will resist, we will subsist
the strange will become more strange
When they write your life story
will it be a catalogue or guide
are you just along for the ride
is there anything else
Whatever paths you might have taken
whatever lives you have forsaken
could you have saved them if you tried
could have you saved yourself
Guitar and Voice: Jacob Wren
Recording: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (hotel2tango)