Brendan Kelly And The Wandering Birds
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I'd Rather Die Than Live Forever

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I'd Rather Die Than Live Forever

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I’d rather die

Than live forever

I’d rather never show my hand

and hide in the wild deprivation.

But this shit ain’t that.

These aren’t the times, this isn’t my night

These are crimes and reckless homicides

Duct tape and ether rags, burning at midnight

We’re trying to get away from what we started

From all the sirens, flames and stinking carnage

So then I’m gonna see my lady then I’m gonna go back home

And I’d say I’ll see you maybe soon but baby, no I won’t

And I know I don’t deserve this so don’t fucking tell me so

I stopped listening long ago

I ain’t the boy you think you know

Huh!

Do you wanna see a picture of what’s underneath these pants?

Do you wanna hear a dream I pretend I don’t have?

Do you wanna stay asleep while the kids outside get wild

Or lick the demon smile?

Do you want to get some gasoline and huff and burn and laugh?

Do you want to burn a flaming pentagram into the grass?

I used to want it now I just want to want it back.

But this shit ain't that.

So then I’m gonna see my lady then I’m gonna go back home

And I’d say I’ll see you maybe soon but baby, no I won’t

And I know I don’t deserve this so don’t fucking tell me so

I stopped listening long ago

I ain’t the boy you used to know

Somebody’s comin'

Somebody's comin'

Somebody's comin'

Let’s get to runnin'

Somebody's comin'

I ain't the boy you used to know

Somebody's comin'

I ain't the boy you used to know

Somebody's comin'

I ain't the boy you used to know

Let's get to runnin'

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