[Intro — bright, bouncy groove; punchy drums, elastic bass, light guitar/synth accents] [Verse 1 — conversational, relaxed delivery] Got a call at half past ten They “went another way” Funny how a month of waiting Fits inside a phrase Closed the tab, bought a coffee Took the long way home instead By dinner it felt smaller Than it sounded in my head [Pre-Chorus — melody lifts, groove tightens] Used to chase the reason why Turn it over every night Some things never spell it out Some things just run out of time [Chorus — open up, catchy and buoyant] C’est la vie, what else can you say? Some things stick, some things slip away C’est la vie, not every end is clean Some things fade somewhere in between C’est la vie, let it come, let it go Win some, lose some, miss the show Still got somewhere else to be C’est la vie... c’est la vie [Post-Chorus — short instrumental bounce] [Verse 2 — playful, conversational, slightly more swagger] Favorite bar became a bank Old friend moved out east Someone I once talked to nightly Now just turns up in my feed The job I swore would change my life Did, just not the way I planned Turns out “forever” sounds convincing Till it slips right through your hands [Pre-Chorus — build again, slightly bigger] Could invent a grand conclusion Tie a bow around the scene But sometimes life just changes subjects Before you finish what you mean [Chorus — full groove] C’est la vie, what else can you say? Some things stick, some things slip away C’est la vie, not every end is clean Some things fade somewhere in between C’est la vie, let it come, let it go Win some, lose some, miss the show Still got somewhere else to be C’est la vie... c’est la vie [Bridge — beat strips back; dry, playful vocal delivery] No autopsy, no alibi No horoscope to tell me why No final twist, no mystery Sometimes that’s it C’est la vie [Instrumental lift — bass and drums build back in] [Final Chorus — biggest energy, layered backing vocals] C’est la vie, what else can you say? Some things stick, some things slip away C’est la vie, not every end is clean Some things fade somewhere in between C’est la vie, let it come, let it go Win some, lose some, miss the show Still got somewhere else to be C’est la vie... c’est la vie [Outro — groove drops down, casual smiling delivery] C’est la vie... Mm, c’est la vie
