Stavros Hughes - Nihilism Song

If you and I are meant to die on separate continents
Let's seize this lovely evening and toast our fleeting consequence
It's taken far too long to realize we are living
In a universe so unrehearsed tomorrow's not a given, oh lord
Oh, life's too short, they say, and some of ours are shorter
Some get thirty years or ten or two to get their shit in order
Why care for money, dear, when we've got all we need?
Oh, if they foreclose all our property we'll find more overseas
Oh, who are we
To sit back and see?
Oh
As the earth shatters, who will be singing in victory?
Hey, have you paid no attention to victims of history, oh?
Oh, who are we?
To call this world free?
My fate's in Istanbul or Prague or Maracaibo
I can seek control and still end up blindfolded on a tightrope
But my love, you know I'd do anything for you
I'd stop this damned old clock from ticking for a century or two
Oh, who are we
To sit back and see?
As the earth shatters, who will be singing in victory?
Hey, have you paid no attention to victims of history, oh?
Brand name bombs bury boys to the pomp of a proud parade
Backyards broken to oil fields to give suits a pay raise
Oh, who are we
To call this world free?
Oh
Swim the Chicxulub in Yucatan and
Toast the ashes of ages bygone, it's
Such a wonderful world to belong to
I, I couldn't wait
To go

Written by:
Stavros Hughes

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