C'est la Vie - Protest The Hero

Stepped off a chair so he could learn to let loose

learn to let loose before the pendulum wore off

his final sound a gurgle and a cough

and his final words «the pendulum wore off»

stepped off a building to find concrete evidence

concrete evidence that he’d ever make an impact

fiction splattered into fact

and his fiction splattered into another sidewalk painting on display

stepped off a bridge so he could make a splash

to make a splash he had to flounder like a fish out of water

another lamb that chose the slaughter

stepped off a chair so he could learn to let loose

learn to let loose before the pendulum wore off

his final sound a gurgle and a cough

stepped off a platform and briefly made the news

made the news and made the trains run fifteen minutes late

oh what a price to pay to be the author of your fate

the trains were fifteen minutes late (to be the author of your fate)

c’est la vie!

a drooling old bitch and a house full of lies

c’est la vie!

the little things that kill you make you glad to be alive

c’est la vie!

disease in your genes and ocean levels on the rise

c’est la vie!

sing a song of living before everybody dies