C'est La Vie

[Verse 1]

Stepped off a chair so he could learn to let loose

Learn to let loose before the pendulum wore off

His final sound a gurgle and a cough

And his final words “the pendulum wore off.”

[Verse 2]

Stepped off a building to find some concrete evidence

Concrete evidence that he’d ever make an impact

Fiction splattered into

Fiction splattered into fact

Fact

And his fiction splattered into another sidewalk painting on display

[Verse 3]

Stepped off a bridge so he could make a splash

To make a splash he had to flounder like a fish out of water

Another lamb that chose the slaughter

[Verse 4]

Stepped off a chair so he could learn to let loose

Learn to let loose before the pendulum wore off

His final sound a gurgle and a cough

[Verse 5]

Stepped off a platform and he briefly made

Yeah he briefly made the news

Made the news and made the trains run fifteen minutes late

Oh what a price to pay (the trains were fifteen minutes late)

Oh what a price to pay to be the author of your fate

[Bridge]

(The trains were fifteen minutes late) to be the author of your fate

(The trains were fifteen minutes late) to be the author of your fate

[Outro]

(C’est la vie!)

A drooling old bitch and a house full of lies

(C’est la vie!)

The little things that kill you make you glad to be alive

(C’est la vie!)

Disease in your genes and ocean levels on the rise

(C’est la vie!)

Sing a song of living before everybody dies