DUNCAN SHEIK - Better To Be Dead lyrics
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I present to you a story<br />
Set upon a northern shore<br />
The denizens of lighthouse<br />
During times of war<br />
<br />
The foolish things they did<br />
The foolish things they said<br />
I'm sure you will agree<br />
They would be better off dead<br />
<br />
Lily keeps the lighthouse<br />
She's afraid of the unknown<br />
She's no ray of sunshine<br />
So mostly she's alone<br />
<br />
And no one cares about her longing<br />
Or the dreams on which she's fed<br />
And though I'm sad to say it<br />
She would be better off dead<br />
<br />
Next we have a sheriff<br />
Charles is his name<br />
He's something of a sideshow<br />
Every sheriff is the same<br />
<br />
Will he stand for justice<br />
Or something else instead?<br />
Either way it hardly matters<br />
'Cause he's better off dead<br />
<br />
When everything is done<br />
And everything is said<br />
Life is naught but pain<br />
It's better to be dead<br />
<br />
Release your heavy heart<br />
Rest your weary head<br />
When all the world's at war<br />
It's better, it's better<br />
<br />
Witness Yasujiro<br />
He hails from old Japan<br />
He searches for redemption<br />
In this strange and foreign land<br />
<br />
And now he works for Lily<br />
To earn his daily bread<br />
But the most that one can say<br />
Is that he's better off dead<br />
<br />
Please, welcome young Christopher<br />
He's come here on a train<br />
His father flew to heaven<br />
In a fiery aeroplane<br />
<br />
He's come to live with Lily<br />
He's got visions in his head<br />
He may be our main attraction<br />
But he's better off dead<br />
<br />
When everything is done<br />
And everything is said<br />
Life is naught but pain<br />
It's better to be dead<br />
<br />
Release your heavy heart<br />
Rest your weary head<br />
When all the world's at war<br />
It's better to be dead<br />
<br />
Everything is done<br />
All things have been said<br />
It's good to be a ghost<br />
It's better, it's better to be dead<br />
<br />
It's good to be a ghost<br />
It's better to be dead
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