1996

歌詞

She was just seventeen, pious and pretty with a deadly disease And the weight of the world on a prosthetic shoulder And by the summer of '96, her body was cracked like porcelain Just like some Precious Moments collectable In a hospital gown and a big bright golden halo And so three cheers for my morose and grieving pals And now let's hear it for the tears that I've welled up We've come too far to have to give it all up now We live lives that are rich and blessed And we burn for how we transgress Now I've mastered the art Of the open casket prayer and the singing guitar I found the rewards weren't half what I'd hoped for And meanwhile, we all feigned hope and mirth As her parents went on and lied to her All about the success of the surgeries And how my ex-girlfriend was now sleeping with her fiancé And so three cheers for my morose and grieving pals And now let's hear it for the tears that I've welled up We've come too far to have to give it all up now We live lives that are rich and blessed And we burn for how we transgress If there's any justice in heaven, then God won't let me in He'll lock the gates and take my weekend pass away With a sympathetic wave, they'll see me off, return my golden crown While I am cursed to walk the earth for a millennia I know I deserve worse but it terrifies me and I can't take it any more And so three cheers for my morose and grieving pals And now let's hear it for the tears that I've welled up We've come too far to have to give it all up now We live lives that are rich and blessed And we burn for how we transgress