================================================================================ TRACK 118 - SMILE WHEN YOU BURY ME ================================================================================ . [INTRO] (*bright piano, a laugh*) You know what's funny? Everybody's gonna be so relieved when I'm gone. Let's give 'em something to be relieved about. [HOOK 1] Smile when you bury me, don't you dare be sad I want the whole city laughing at the life I had I want a party at the gravesite, I want the music loud I want the people who betrayed me smiling in the crowd [VERSE 1] I don't want a funeral, I want a festival, I want the DJ playing something that's not typical; I want the ones who talked behind my back to have to speak Into a microphone with my name on their cheek. I want my enemies to carry me, I want 'em sweating through the pall, I want 'em knowing that they never knew me at all; I want the casket wide open so they have to look inside And see the face of every single thing they tried to hide. I don't want tears, I want the truth, I want the awkward silence Of a room full of cowards who were counting on my violence; And I want my mother to be proud and I want my brother free - And I want the whole damn city smiling when they bury me. [BRIDGE 1] (*piano alone, sweet*) (*a laugh*) That's not morbid. That's a to-do list. And I intend to be there for every item. [HOOK 2] Smile when you bury me, don't you dare be sad I want the whole city laughing at the life I had I want a party at the gravesite, I want the music loud I want the people who betrayed me smiling in the crowd [VERSE 2] I've been to too many funerals where nobody told the truth, Where the preacher made a saint out of a man who beat his youth; Where the family fought over the house before the body was cold - And I swore that when they buried me, they'd be told what they were told. So here's the eulogy, pre-written, out in the open air: I was difficult, I was generous, I was never really there; I was angry, I was loyal, I was everything I said, And I was every single thing you put inside my head. So don't you canonize me, don't you clean my record up, Don't you turn my worst into a lesson in a cup; Just tell the truth and tell it loud and tell it 'til it's done - Then laugh, and pour one out, and know that I already won. [BRIDGE 2] (*spoken, warm*) You know what I want on my headstone? Nothing. Let 'em guess. [HOOK 3] Smile when you bury me, don't you dare be sad I want the whole city laughing at the life I had I want a party at the gravesite, I want the music loud I want the people who betrayed me smiling in the crowd [VERSE 3] (*monstrous drop, aggressive*) But-don't-you-dare-get-comfortable-don't-you-dare-relax I-ain't-finished-ain't-leaving-I-ain't-turning-my-back I-will-be-in-every-corner-of-this-city-in-the-black And-I-will-haunt-every-single-one-of-you-until-you-crack; I-will-be-the-name-you-whisper-when-you're-drunk-and-feeling-guilty I-will-be-the-reason-that-you-never-quite-fully-built I-will-be-the-standard-that-you-never-ever-will-hit And-I'll-be-smiling-at-the-grave-the-whole-fucking-time. Get it. So laugh. Please. Laugh hard. I want to hear it clear. Track one-eighteen. I'll be everywhere you fear. [OUTRO] (*a final laugh, then silence*) See you at the funeral. Bring a smile.
