Life of a Match - The Matches

Went back to clean my closet out

The folks finally decided to try and sell the house

And the bands on all my shirts

Had all since broken up or

Adopted a more commercial sound

I can’t blame them I guess

Still threw them in the trash

(Don't you ever wish)

Our generation

Made anything worth saving

Made anything to last

Longer than the life of a match

One by one the old gang crumbled

Pressed out of the East Bay

Exiled to LA

Where we waited on a drummer

To show up at the strip club

In the strip mall after his other gig

Some kid with a million hits

Whose name I forget

(Well don’t you ever wish)

Our generation

Made anything worth saving

Made anything to last

Longer than the life of a match

I guess I just don’t get

What makes Kanye the best

(But don’t you ever wish)

That the backing tracks would crash

And the crowd would look up from their phones

To find out if the singer could sing a note

Or better yet if what he said gave a voice to feelings

I didn’t know myself how to express

I get it now I guess

We’re all frustrated and we just wish

Our generation

Had anything worth saying

Made anything to last

Longer than the life of a match

Yeah don’t you ever wish

Our generation

Made anything worth saving

Made anything to last

Longer than the life of a match

Yeah