Pain is Better than Happiness

[INTR childrens choir] Pain keeps the ghosts away Let the hurt come out to play Pain keeps the ghosts away Let the hurt come out to play [VERSE 1] He sat alone in the smog of the bar His heart eaten out by a ravenous beast. Still he felt it dripping, This hole left wide open kissing the air With a sticky, adhesive sound. And he thought... No heart, all mind. [CHORUS] Pain pain pain Is better than happiness When stilling numbness is the other choice Let it rain rain rain Let it stain the heart denied Because Pain.. Is better than happiness [VERSE 2] How fitting it had been to have such a reversal in his life. His bosom once swollen with joy (euphoric, elated, anaesthetized) How the void ached: hollow desperation, loss. Now he was poised on the brink of alcoholic numbing. His glass once empty was full. He could've cried, But that would have only hurt worse: to let her win. [CHORUS] Pain pain pain Is better than happiness When stilling numbness is the other choice Let it rain rain rain Let it stain the heart denied Because Pain.. Is better than happiness [VERSE 3] So he thought... The patrons all ignored him. It felt good to be isolated among so many. His scalp rippled an encouraging wave down his back. He smiled. He looked over his shoulder and ordered another Johnny Walker Red. His stomach rubmled in agreement. The feelings slid off his back, the weight removed by some divine, bacchanal force. He slid an ice cube down his throat feeling a soothing sigh from his esophagus And didn't think. [FINAL CHORUS] [Drawn out ascending across two bars]PAIN Is better than happiness When stilling NUMBNESS is the other choice Let it [Drawn out, descending across two bars]RAIN Let it stain the heart denied Because Pain.. Is better than happiness