Why's it so hard to write a happy song?
Why are we all, why are we all sad?
Inspiration's too dark to be upbeat,
What's happened to us?
Gotta be dark, gotta be strong,
Gotta be something you will never ever understand,
Gotta frown, gotta fake a smile,
Gotta strain my face until it cringes up in anger,
You'll never really understand,
Take a moment,
Slide it all out of your ears.
Happy coming out of our mouths,
Happy coming into your ears,
Happy, but it's too broken
To be something that I can say.
No you'll never know,
No you'll never know,
No you'll never know,
Hell, even I don't know.
And we think what's the place,
What's the time,
To drain out our hearts again?
Nothing cheery, nothing that makes you laugh,
What's happened to us?
Gotta have rain, gotta cry,
Gotta be something you will never ever understand.
Gotta wish, gotta pick a bone,
Gotta start a fight, and get into too much with all our hearts.
You'll never really understand.
Happy coming out of our mouths,
Happy coming into your ears,
Happy, but it's too broken
To be something that I can say.
No you'll never know,
No you'll never know,
No you'll never know,
No, no, no, no,
Gotta be counting the minutes,
The seconds,
Till I get myself another chance to smile,
To be better than before,
Better than a stupid kid,
Gotta have faith,
And believe in something I can't even see,
But it controls me,
And everything else in the world.
Gotta be picky about the clock,
Ticking my life away,
Faster than I can count the seconds,
Leading to my own death.
My god, what the hell has happened to us?
Happy coming out of our mouths,
Happy coming into your ears,
Happy, but it's too broken
To be something that I can say.
No you'll never know,
No you'll never know,
No you'll never know,
Hell, even I don't know.
credits
from We're Going To Hell For This,
released February 25, 2014
Guitar - Murray Gudesblat
Vocals, Bass - Artem Bank
Djembe - Heather Lloyd
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