This Is Life - Black

If your lonely heart is aching

Think you can’t take any more

You have to cup your hands to keep the light

I will lean across your shoulder

And whisper in your ear

That this is life

If you’re old enough to face it

You are old enough to fake it

To get what you desire and still ask why

Then I’ll tap you on the shoulder

And whisper in your ear

That this is life

This is what you struggled for

No reprisals, no resistance

This is life

Can you answer me a question-

Have you lain awake at night

The blinds undrawn, the ceiling streaked with light?

You feel tired but you can’t sleep

Feel so hungry you can’t eat-

Well, this is life

Has your courage seemed to fail you

As you take your chosen path?

You pass a camel through a needle’s eye

Get up in tiny little pieces

And you’ve learnt the major rule:

That this is life

This is what you waited for

No rehearsals, no more stalling

This is life

Have it tattooed on the inside

Of your pink and sleepy eyelids;

This is life

This is life

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Grow more foolish than we can ever guess

You feel your nerve ends slowly coiling

And you hope the answer’s «no», the answer’s «yes»

This is what you struggled for

No reprisals, no resistance

This is life

This is what you waited for

No rehearsals, no more stalling

This is life

If you can’t do what you ought

Lead by example, don’t get caught

'cause this is life

Uh, this is life

This is life

This is life

This is life

This is life