| 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. | |
| (solo) | |
| 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. |