Duncan Sheik - Better To Be Dead lyrics

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