Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Phish
Canonical path: /phish/lifeboy
Related lyric paths: 6
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Lifeboy
Read Lifeboy lyrics by Phish on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Lifeboy
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Swinging on the lifeline
Fraying bits of twine
Entangled in the remnants of the
Knot I left behind
And asking you to help me make it
Finally unwind
But God never listens to what I say
God never listens to what I say
And you don't get a refund
If you overpray
And when the line is breaking
And when I'm near the end
When all the time spent leading
I've been following instead
When all my thoughts and memories are
Left hanging by a thread
God never listens...
Stranded on this slender string
The minutes seem to last a lifetime
Dangling here between the light above
And blue below that drags me down
But God never listens to what I say
God never listens to what I say
And you don't get a refund
If you overpray
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Phish performs "Lifeboy", and this lyric page sits inside the Phish catalog on LyroVerse.
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