Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Life's for the Living , by - Passenger. Release date: 20.01.2019
Song language: English
Life's for the Living |
| Well grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic |
| Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic |
| The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain |
| While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rub toes |
| Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows |
| Dressed in their suits and their boots |
| Well they all look the same |
| I took myself down to the cafe to find all |
| The boys lost in books and crackling vinyl |
| And carved out a poem above the urinal that read |
| Don't you cry for the lost |
| Smile for the living |
| Get what you need and give what you're given |
| Life's for the living so live it |
| Or you're better off dead |
| While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet |
| Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket |
| We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til it fell of the wall |
| While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes |
| The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains |
| And we all had new iPhone's but no one had no one to call |
| And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town |
| Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown |
| With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said |
| Don't you cry for the lost |
| Smile for the living |
| Get what you need and give what you're given |
| Life's for the living so live it |
| Or you're better off dead |
| Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage |
| They take your dreams down and stick them in storage |
| You can have them back son when you've paid off |
| Your mortgage and loans |
| Oh hell with this place, I'll go it my own way |
| I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway |
| Someday someone must be going my way home |
| Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car |
| With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars |
| And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread |
| Don't you cry for the lost |
| Smile for the living |
| Get what you need and give what you're given |
| You know life's for the living so live it |
| Or you're better off dead |
| Don't you cry for the lost |
| Smile for the living |
| Get what you need and give what you're given |
| Life's for the living so live it |
| Or you're better off dead |