The Human Condition - Rhett Miller

The human condition is misery

You’re cryin' from the moment you come out

You might love and you might get loved

But you’ll always be alone

I for one am glad you’re still around

You might die when you’re young and you want to

You might die when you’re old and you don’t

You might live forever, one can only hope

The tax man got nothin' on the reaper man

Money’s just a bright white shiny light

The bottle is a black hole

Where you fall and fall and fall

There’s no heaven, just a big blue sky

You might die when you’re young and you want to

You might die when you’re old and you don’t

You might live forever, one can only hope

Don’t get mad at me, I’m just the messenger

I’m only sayin' what I’m seein';

what I’m seein' is all too clear

But it’s worth all of this misery

Just to have you here with me

The human condition is incurable

No one here gets out of here alive

And these moments of transcendence

Are as close as we will get

I for one am happy we survived

You might die when you’re young and you want to

You might die when you’re old and you don’t

You might live forever, one can only hope

You might live forever, one can only hope