Lyrics

Lend me your ears, or leave them behind Your formative years were not unlike mine The smoke and the beers prevented your decay And kept you mummified and never fade away Dying every night and rising every day When there was room to forgive We knew exactly what living should be When there was time to forget We lives in ignorant bliss in a dream Now the drunk and the high Turn a half opened eye to the salad days And as old father time Hangs us up on his clothesline, he says Lend me your ears, or lay down your lives The children appeared from husbands and wives Born with a scream and left with just a sigh Some would think it's sad, I say it's not so bad Some would question why you have to say goodbye But when I was high as a cloud I didn't know just how loud I was being I let the dishes burn out I let the cigarettes pile up to the ceiling Just as the room was spinning then It pushed a button to reset itself around my bed Just as I lost all hope I heard what Vincent Van Gough must have said Lend me your ears, I lost one of mine I've suffered for love and there's no point in that Lend me your ears, 'cause what I mean to say You won't believe it now It won't help you right away It couldn't matter less, what got us in this mess Lend me your ears, or leave them behind Your formative years were not unlike mine The passing of years has given away your age It's kept you mummified to never fade away Dying every night and rising every day