[Verse 1]
In this age of existential angst
Where we're all free enough to learn
Your freedom may be falsified
By the paycheck that you earn
There are people always reminding me
That you only live the once
But the irony is that to feel alive
Most must take life risking stunts
Well I'm up to make the most of it
To make the most of mine
But I keep on meeting broken minds
That are only twenty nine
In a world where God has taken off
And the wars have been and gone
A person's left with just themselves
And their own specific song
And if this world which sits alone
In the space of its own tune
Were to sing a song and paint it well
This master of the moon
It'd be the hound dog whistle
Of a falling nuclear bomb
And the sighing cries of the revolutionaries
Who have waited far too long
And even worse the howling crap
Of the Justin Bieber blues
And if it's the case that you like that stuff
Then no offense to you
[Chorus]
But if you just wade through the noise
Each generation holds a gem
A building block that you may miss
But are sure to see again
You can fight the fire, but you can't deny
The reality you're in
But it gets you wondering
[Verse 2]
I woke up quite fatigued one morn
With cancer of the throat
But that's what I get I suppose
For being a smoking hipster dope
I went to the job anyway
I'd wiser just be screwed
You don't ask for life but you pay for life
But life does not owe you
It works out the same way anyway
Whether life is short or long
You get to work and you fight old age
And your colleagues play along
On a good day you might have a chat
Get caught up in a debate
Like "Why's that there?" and "Why's that not?"
"How much can humans take?"
And every time there's always one
Who says the world is wrong
Well if that's the case take a look around
And try to grasp that we are young
For every One Direction song
There's a gracious rising sun
And every act of pointless hate
There's a million loving mums
And every four years we peacefully cheer
To watch some strangers run
And if I cause offense by saying so
Then I did not mean you none
[Chorus]
But if you just wade through the noise
Each generation holds a gem
A building block that you may miss
But are sure to see again
You can fight the fire, but you can't deny
The reality you're in
But it gets you wondering
[Verse 3]
If you put life in a cider gla**
And drank the whole thing down
You might just end up drunk enough
To get another round
And what that means is basically
With pleasure comes the pain
And personally once I am done
I'll have the same again
[Chorus]
Because if you just wade through the noise
Each generation holds a gem
A building block that you may miss
But are sure to see again
You can fight the fire, but you can't deny
The reality you're in
But it gets you wondering