Story Behind The Song

When I arrived at my new apartment in Vancouver, tired and jet-lagged with little Celia traumatized in her cage, the landlored stopped me at the door and said "You're not coming in here with that cat". How's that for hospitality? It was a crazy intense

Song Description

About how short life is.

Lyrics

Imagine you woke up one day
and the world you lived in
had completely changed
All your friends had gone away
What would you say?
It's not impossible
You could be the next to go
You can call me crazy
but honey-
Have you read the paper lately?

Hold on
to what you can
Give it all you can give
Cause I don't want to waste
a second of this, babe,
Let's pretend
we've got
twenty minutes to live.

I used to self-criticise
for my careless behavior
for those drunken nights
I used to try, and try
to do everything right
but I was only fooling myself
finding excuses to hide
in my cold little shell
One day I realized
What the hell?
You can't be 21 twice!

So hold on
to what you can
Give it all you can give
Cause I don't want to waste
a second of this, babe,
Let's pretend
we've got
twenty minutes to live.

All this time
I've been
just wondering why
we play these games
to separate us from one another
How can we be so cruel to each other?
Concentrate on the things
that don't even matter
When will you realize
that I'm holding on
till then

Hold on
to what you can
Give it all you can give
Cause I don't want to waste
a second of this, babe,
Let's pretend
we've got
twenty minutes to live.

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