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