All the Little Dead Things

[Intro] . [Verse] You are born and you cry and you open your eyes Twenty years later someone you know dies You go to the funeral, stand in the rain And all the little dead things are all just the same [Chorus] And your heart stops pumpin', your brain shuts down Someone calls the funeral home from your town They put you in a box and they lower you down And all the little dead things don't make a sound [Instrumental] . [Verse] You get a job, get a house, get a dog, get a spouse You get sick The doctor writes a prescription but it doesn't do the trick You lie in a bed and you wait for the end And all the little dead things are your only real friends [Chorus] And your heart stops pumpin', your brain shuts down Someone calls your brother in a different town He flies in Tuesday, you're already in the ground And all the little dead things don't make a sound [Instrumental] . [Verse] The funeral home charges six thousand bucks Your family argues numbers, do they really give a fuck? Your casket is closed because the cancer showed And all the little dead things are the only things that know [Instrumental Bridge] . [Outro] Don't be surprised when you stop bein' alive The obituary gets printed at a quarter past five Your neighbor reads it while eatin' fries All the little dead things are no longer alive [Fade Out] .